The 1979 Garware Paints Bombay International was a professional invitational snooker tournament held in February 1979 in Bombay (modern-day Mumbai), India. This was the first professional snooker tournament to be held in India.

Six professionals played in a round-robin format, with John Spencer emerging as the winner.

Main draw

Player 1ScorePlayer 2 Patsy Fagan 6–2 Cliff Thorburn Patsy Fagan 6–4 Arvind Savur Graham Miles 6–0 Patsy Fagan Graham Miles 6–3 Dennis Taylor Arvind Savur 6–3 Dennis Taylor Arvind Savur 6–4 Graham Miles John Spencer 6–1 Arvind Savur John Spencer 6–3 Cliff Thorburn John Spencer 6–4 Patsy Fagan John Spencer 6–5 Graham Miles Dennis Taylor 6–2 Patsy Fagan Dennis Taylor 6–5 John Spencer Dennis Taylor 6–5 Cliff Thorburn Cliff Thorburn 6–2 Arvind Savur Cliff Thorburn 6–4 Graham Miles

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