Events in the year 1977 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents President of India – Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed until 11 February, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy. Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi until 24 March, Morarji Desai. 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 - 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. 3 March – Nehru Planetarium commissioned. 24 March – The first non-Congress government sweeps to power following Indira Gandhi's defeat at the general elections. Morarji Desai becomes prime minister. 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. 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. 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.
Law 3 Jan - The 42nd amendment Act, 1976, was commenced. 21 March - Emergency was officially withdrawn.
Births 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 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 Siva, film director. 19 August Suvaluxmi, actress. 27 August 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 Arun Vijay, actor. 24 November – Dilip Tirkey, field hockey player 20 December – Gauri Karnik, actress Full date unknown Rajorshi Chakraborti, novelist. Vasundhara Das, actress and singer.
Deaths 11 February – Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, fifth President of India (b. 1905) 22 March – A. K. Gopalan, communist leader (b. 1904). 14 November – A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder–acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (b. 1896).
Full date unknown Hamid Dalwai, social reformer and writer (b. 1932). Abdul Majid Daryabadi, Muslim writer and exegete of the Qur'an (b. 1892).
See also Bollywood films of 1977
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