1978 in India

1978 in India

"See also:"
1977 in India, other events of 1978, 1979 in India and the
Timeline of Indian history.

Events

*1 January - Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes into the Arabian Sea after takeoff near Bombay, killing all 213 on board.
*7 November - Indira Gandhi is re-elected to the Indian parliament.
*19 December - Indira Gandhi is arrested and jailed for a week for breach of privilege and contempt of parliament.

Births

January to June

*21 March - Rani Mukerji, actress.
*28 March - Nafisa Joseph, model, MTV VJ, Miss India 1997 (d.2004).
*16 April - Lara Dutta, actress, Miss Universe in 2000.
*25 June - Aftab Shivdasani, actor.

July to December

*29 July - Karthik Narayanan, cricketer.
*21 August - Bhumika Chawla, actress.
*4 October - Soha Ali Khan, actress.
*18 October - Jyothika Saravanan, actress.
*20 October - Virender Sehwag, cricketer.
*1 November - Manju Warrier, actress.
*25 November - Sameer Dad, field hockey player.

Full date unknown

*Jayasurya, actor.

Deaths

*19 February - Pankaj Mullick, singer and composer (b.1905).
*18 November - Dhirendra Nath Ganguly, film entrepreneur, actor and director (b.1893).


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