1977 in India

Events in the year 1977 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

President of India – Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed until 11 February, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianewsbulletin.com/list-of-all-presidents-of-india-since-india-becane-a-republic-from-rajendra-prasad-to-pranab-mukherjee|title=As the venerated former President APJ Abdul Kalam passes away, here's a list of all Presidents of India|last=Venkatraman|first=Archana|date=27 July 2015|website=India Bulletin|access-date=3 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505200138/http://www.indianewsbulletin.com/list-of-all-presidents-of-india-since-india-becane-a-republic-from-rajendra-prasad-to-pranab-mukherjee|archive-date=5 May 2017|url-status=dead}}
Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi until 24 March, Morarji Desai.{{Cite web|url=https://www.currentaffairsedu.com/list-of-prime-ministers-of-india-from-1947-to-2014/|title=*** List of Prime Ministers of India From 1947 to 2014|website=www.currentaffairsedu.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128160820/http://www.currentaffairsedu.com/list-of-prime-ministers-of-india-from-1947-to-2014/|archive-date=28 November 2016|url-status=dead}}
Vice President of India – B.D. Jatti
Chief Justice of India – Ajit Nath Ray (until 27 January), Mirza Hameedullah Beg (starting 27 January)

=Governors=

Andhra Pradesh –
until 17 February: Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare
17 February-5 May: B. J. Divan
starting 5 May: Sharda Mukherjee
Assam – L. P. Singh
Bihar – Jagannath Kaushal
Gujarat – Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham
Haryana – Jaisukh Lal Hathi (until 23 September), Harcharan Singh Brar (starting 23 September)
Himachal Pradesh – S. Chakravarti (until 16 February), Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan (starting 16 February)
Jammu and Kashmir – L. K. Jha
Karnataka – Uma Shankar Dikshit (until 2 August), Govind Narain (starting 2 August)
Kerala – N. N. Wanchoo (until 10 October), Jothi Venkatachalam (starting 10 October)
Madhya Pradesh – Satya Narayan Sinha (until 13 October), N. N. Wanchu (starting 13 October)
Maharashtra – vacant thereafter (until )
Manipur – L.P. Singh
Meghalaya – L.P. Singh
Nagaland – L.P. Singh
Odisha –
until 7 February: Shiva Narayan Shankar
7 February-22 September: Harcharan Singh Brar
starting 22 September: Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
Punjab –
until 1 September: Mahendra Mohan Choudhry
1 September-24 September: Ranjit Singh Narula
starting 24 September: Jaisukh Lal Hathi
Rajasthan –
until 15 February: Sardar Jogendra Singh
15 February-17 May: Vedpal Tyagi
starting 17 May: Raghukul Tilak
Sikkim – B. B. Lal
Tamil Nadu –
until 8 April: Mohan Lal Sukhadia
9 April-26 April: P. Govindan Nair
starting 26 April: Prabhudas Patwari
Tripura – L. P. Singh
Uttar Pradesh – Marri Chenna Reddy (until 1 October), Ganpatrao Devji Tapase (starting 1 October)
West Bengal – Anthony Lancelot Dias

Events

National income - {{INR}}1,040,235 million
18 January - Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, via a radio broadcast, announced that the Lok Sabha would be dissolved and fresh elections would be held in March.{{Cite web|date=2014-08-04|title=The abrupt end of Emergency|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/the-abrupt-end-of-emergency/|access-date=2020-09-29|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}{{Cite web|first=Vandana|last=Menon|date=2018-06-26|title=43 years of Emergency: A timeline of events|url=https://theprint.in/india/governance/43-years-of-emergency-a-timeline-of-events/74568/|access-date=2020-09-29|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}
3 March – Nehru Planetarium commissioned.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nehru-centre.org/planetarium/ |title=Nehru Centre Planetarium |last=Besant |first=Annie |date=18 October 2014 |website=Nehru Centre |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127022804/http://www.nehru-centre.org/planetarium/ |archive-date=27 November 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=3 May 2017 }}
24 March – The first non-Congress government sweeps to power following Indira Gandhi's defeat at the general elections. Morarji Desai becomes prime minister.{{Cite web|title=Shri Morarji Desai {{!}} Prime Minister of India|url=http://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/former_pm/shri-morarji-desai-2/|access-date=2017-05-03|website=www.pmindia.gov.in|language=en}}
25 March - T. V. Eachara Warrier filed Habeas corpus before Kerala High Court for knowing whereabouts of his son in connection with Rajan case.
27 May - Belchhi massacre: 11 villagers of Belchi, Bihar (includes 8 Dalits and 3 Sunar) were brutally murdered by terror gang from Kurmi/Bhumihar caste as part of caste violence.{{Cite web|last=Farz|first=Ahmed|date=July 15, 1977|title=Caste differences claim more lives in Bihar than any other state in India|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/crime/story/19770715-caste-differences-claim-more-lives-in-bihar-than-any-other-state-in-india-823829-2014-08-23|access-date=2022-01-13|website=India Today|language=en}}
30 June - M. G. Ramachandran sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. He became the first film actor to be the Chief Minister of an Indian state.
7 July – George Fernandes became Minister of Industries in Morarji Desai ministry.{{Cite book |last=Ramagundam |first=Rahul |title=The Life and Times of George Fernandes |publisher=Penguin Random House India |year=2022 |isbn=978-0670092888 |pages=345 |language=en}}
20 November – More than 10,000 people die when the 1977 Andhra Pradesh cyclone hits India's southeast coast. The storm disrupts life for 5.4 million people in 830 villages, and damages 14,000 km² of cropland.The storm in Orissa. The Economist, 00130613, 11/6/1999, Vol. 353, Issue 8144
8 December - Morarji Desai Government digs out Time capsule buried by Indira Gandhi in Red Fort premises in 1973.{{Cite web |title=Fact Check: Indira Gandhi’s 1973 time capsule was unearthed more than 40 years ago! |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/indira-gandhi-time-capsule-1974612-2022-07-12 |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=India Today |language=en}}

Law

3 Jan - The 42nd amendment Act, 1976, was commenced.
21 March - Emergency was officially withdrawn.{{Cite web|first=Vandana|last=Menon|date=2018-06-26|title=43 years of Emergency: A timeline of events|url=https://theprint.in/india/governance/43-years-of-emergency-a-timeline-of-events/74568/|access-date=2020-09-29|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}

Births

File:Narain Karthikeyan 2011 Malaysia2.jpg]]14 January – Narain Karthikeyan, motor racing driver
27 January – Deepshikha Nagpal, actress
31 January – Suchitra Singh, cricketer
5 February – Darez Ahamed, IAS
16 February – Darshan Thoogudeep, actor and film producer
21 February – Ranjith, singer and composer
15 March – Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Armed force officer (d. 2008).
4 April – Shamshuddin Ibrahim, model and actor
File:15Anju-Bobby-George1 (cropped).jpg]]19 April – Anju Bobby George, athlete
24 May – Jeet Gannguli, singer, music director and score composer
25 May – Karthik Sivakumar, actor
19 June – Smita Sabharwal, Indian Administrative Service Officer
2 July – Ganesh, actor.
12 August {{ndash}} Siva, film director.
19 August {{ndash}} Suvaluxmi, actress.
27 August {{ndash}} Soori, actor and comedian.
29 August – Vishal Krishna, actor and film producer
29 August – P. V. Midhun Reddy, politician and former member of parliament from Rajampet
19 September - Vennela Kishore, actor, comedian and director.
18 October – Kunal Kapoor, actor.
19 November {{ndash}} Arun Vijay, actor.
24 November – Dilip Tirkey, field hockey player
20 December – Gauri Karnik, actress