- 1974 in India
"See also:"
1973 in India , other events of 1974,1975 in India and theTimeline of Indian history .Events
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18 May - Under projectSmiling Buddha ,India successfully detonates its firstnuclear weapon , becoming the sixth nation to do so.
*Vishwa Bandhu Gupta built India’s first "human powered kite".Births
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7 January -Varun Badola , actor.
*8 March -Fardeen Khan , actor.
*7 June -Mahesh Bhupathi , tennis player.
*22 June -Joseph Vijay ,actor andplayback singer .
*25 June -Karisma Kapoor , actress.
*1 November -V. V. S. Laxman , cricketer.Deaths
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4 February -Satyendra Nath Bose ,physicist (b.1894).
*23 September -Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur , lastMaharaja of Mysore, philosopher, musicologist, political thinker and philanthropist (b.1919).
*6 October -V. K. Krishna Menon , nationalist and politician (b.1897).
*16 October -Chembai ,Carnatic music singer (b.1895).Full date unknown
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J. P. Chandrababu , comedian-actor, singer and dancer (b.1926).ee also
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Timeline of Indian history
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