1976 in India

none March 2022 1976 The following events occurred in India in the year 1976. Incumbents President of India – Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi Vice President of India – B.D. Jatti Chief Justice of India – Ajit Nath Ray Governors Andhra Pradesh – until 10 January: S. Obul Reddy 10 January-15 June: Mohanlal Sukhadia starting 15 June: Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare Assam – L. P. Singh Bihar – Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare Gujarat – Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham Haryana – until 26 March: Birendra Narayan Chakraborty 27 March-13 August: Ranjit Singh Narula starting 13 August: Jaisukh Lal Hathi Himachal Pradesh – S. Chakravarti Jammu and Kashmir – L. K. Jha Karnataka – Uma Shankar Dikshit Kerala – N. N. Wanchoo Madhya Pradesh – Satya Narayan Sinha Maharashtra – Ali Yavar Jung (until 11 December), vacant thereafter (starting 11 December) Manipur – L.P. Singh Meghalaya – L.P. Singh Nagaland – L.P. Singh Odisha – Akbar Ali Khan (until 17 April), Shiva Narayan Shankar (starting 17 April) Punjab – Mahendra Mohan Choudhry Rajasthan – Sardar Jogendra Singh Sikkim – B. B. Lal Tamil Nadu – Kodardas Kalidas Shah (until 15 June), Mohan Lal Sukhadia (starting 15 June) Tripura – L. P. Singh Uttar Pradesh – Akbar Ali Khan West Bengal – Anthony Lancelot Dias Events National income - 918,117 million 2 March - The Rajan case, a famous case of Police brutality during the Emergency Period. The victim, P. Rajan, a final year Engineering student at Regional Engineering College, Calicut was arrested by police, taken to Kakkayam and allegedly tortured severely which led to his death. It is believed that his body was thrown into the Kakkayam Dam. 16 April – A family planning initiative involves the vasectomy of thousands of men and tubal ligation of women, either for payment or under coercive conditions. (The minimum age for marriage is also raised to 21 years for men and 18 years for women.) The son of then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Sanjay Gandhi, is largely blamed for what turned out to be a failed program.The Indira enigma 11 May 2001 28 July 2006 Frontline http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1809/18090740.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20061110074114/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1809/18090740.htm 10 November 2006 dead A strong backlash against any initiative associated with family planning followed the highly controversial program, which continues (in part) into the 21st century.Male involvement and contraceptive methods for men September 1996 28 July 2006 Frontline http://www.malecontraceptives.org/articles/ringheim_article.php 10 June – George Fernandes arrested from Calcutta during the Emergency.Ramagundam Rahul The Life and Times of George Fernandes Penguin Random House India 2022 978-0670092888 11 en 4 October - Congress leader and Beary social worker Kalladka Ismail assassinated by RSS affiliates in Kanara.2019-05-07 How coastal Karnataka was saffronised; Part 18: Two murders, political factions and Muslim polarisation conclude this series https://www.firstpost.com/india/how-coastal-karnataka-was-saffronised-part-18-two-murders-politics-and-the-muslim-and-regional-polarisation-concludes-this-series-6565951.html 2024-12-13 Firstpost en-us 12 October - Indian Airlines Flight 171 crashed in Bombay killing all 95 on board. 6 November - Uttawar forced sterilisations: Mass vasectomy of nearly 800 men of Uttawar village, Palwal district, Haryana during India’s Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.Ghosh Avijit Nasbandi with handcuffs on... The Times of India 21 June 2015 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/deep-focus/nasbandi-with-handcuffs-on-/articleshow/47750238.cms 1 July 2025 15 November – Subramanian Swamy was expelled from Rajya Sabha for his campaign against the Emergency in foreign countries.Meet the Original Anti-Nationals https://thewire.in/history/emergency-protests-sangh-parivar-anti-national 2023-03-12 The WireExpulsion of a member from the House for misconduct. https://cms.rajyasabha.nic.in/UploadedFiles/Procedure/PrivilegeDigest/English/19/priv-19.pdf Rajya Sabha Law The 42nd amendment Act, 1976, was enacted during the Emergency by the Indian National Congress government headed by Indira Gandhi. Births January to June 29 February - Gagan Malik, Indian Television Actor 1 March - Shoeb Shakeel, Lawyer. 4 April – Simran Bagga, actress. 9 April – Rohit Gupta, writer and inventor. 9 April – Nithin Sathya, actor. 12 May - Vikas Sethi, Indian Television Actor (d.2024) 21 May – Aditi Gowitrikar, model, actress and physician. thumb|145x145px|Amisha Patel9 June – Amisha Patel, actress. 5 June Rambha, actress. 7 June Pandiraj, film director. 29 June – Saurabh Kalia, Military officer-KARGIL HERO. (d. 1998). July to December 20 July – Debashish Mohanty, cricketer. 12 August – Baljit Singh Saini, field hockey player. 3 September – Vivek Oberoi, actor 5 September Chandrabhan Singh Aakya, politician 16 September Meena, actress. 19 September – Ishaa Koppikar, actress and model. 8 October – Jinnih Beels, Belgian politicianDe Kamerleden: Jinnih Beels https://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=nl&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=07731 Chamber of Representatives 10 September 2024 Brussels, Belgium nl 27 October Pooja Batra, actress. 29 October Raghava Lawrence, actor, choreographer, director. 14 November – Hemang Badani, cricketer. thumb|180x180px|Baichung Bhutia15 December – Baichung Bhutia, soccer player. Deaths 25 January – Swami Anand, Gandhi activist and writer (b. 1887) 2 March - P. Rajan, college student and victim of Police brutality (b. 1954) 28 July – T. Nagi Reddy, communist politician (b. 1917). thumb|171x171px|Mukesh27 August – Mukesh, playback singer (b. 1923). 2 September – Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, writer (b. 1898). References See also List of Bollywood films of 1976 1976 India Category:Years of the 20th century in India Category:1970s in India Category:1976 in Asia