1970 in India

Incumbents

National income - Template:INR468,169 million
21 January - A state transport bus was torched by Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers at Chavassery, Kannur district killing four passengers.
4 March – New Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation formed in the state of Maharashtra.
17 March - Sainbari political killings by Communists in West Bengal.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2 September - President of India V. V. Giri opens Vivekananda Rock Memorial.
7 September – Maharashtra Pollution Control Board is established under the provisions of Maharashtra Prevention of Water Pollution Act, 1969.
17 September - 1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election in which Communist Party of India and Indian National Congress contested as a United Front against a Communist Party of India (Marxist) led coalition were held.
31 October - Mangalore Mail crashes into a stationary Cochin Mail at 8:10 p.m. (IST) at the Perambur station, Chennai, killing 16 and injuring 108.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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9 July – Neil Nongkynrih, pianist and conductor (d. 2022)
19 July – P. Amudha, IAS officer
21 July – Siddhartha Mukherjee, biologist
22 July – Devendra Fadnavis, Politician, 18th chief minister of Maharashtra.
6 August – M. Night Shyamalan, Indian American writer -director.
16 August
- Saif Ali Khan, actor.
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  Saif Ali Khan
- Manisha Koirala, actress.
15 September Template:Ndash Ramya Krishnan, actress.
29 September Template:Ndash Khushbu Sundar, actress and politician.
10 October – Ali, actor.
17 October – Anil Kumble, cricketer.
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Anil Kumble
17 October – Aadukalam Naren, actor.
23 November – Sajid Khan, film director
27 November – Thirumal Valavan, field hockey player.
12 December – Cheran, director and actor.
20 December – Sohail Khan, actor, producer and director.
25 December – Rajesh Singh Adhikari, Indian military officer. (d. 1999)
28 December – Sajid Khan, actor.

24 June – Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur, last ruling Maharaja of Jaipur (b. 1911).
24 July – Peter de Noronha, businessman, philanthropist and civil servant (b. 1897).
21 November – C. V. Raman, physicist, awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1888).
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C.V. Raman