India, year by year
India in 1977
Morarji Desai became India’s first non-Congress Prime Minister.
- Prime Ministers
- Indira Gandhi (until 24 March 1977)
Morarji Desai (from 24 March 1977) - Presidents
- Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (until 11 February 1977)
B. D. Jatti, acting (11 February 1977 – 25 July 1977)
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (from 25 July 1977) - 10 grams of gold (24K)
- ₹486yearly figure, BankBazaar
- One US dollar
- ₹8.74official yearly average, World Bank
- ₹100 in 1977
- ≈ ₹2,900 in 2025by India's consumer price index, World Bank
- Highest-grossing Indian film
- Amar Akbar Anthonyworldwide gross, per Wikipedia
- Population
- 64.1 croreWorld Bank
- Life expectancy at birth
- 52 yearsWorld Bank
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Make a 1977 posterSources: World Bank, SP.POP.TOTL (India); World Bank, PA.NUS.FCRF — official exchange rate, rupees per US$, yearly average; World Bank, FP.CPI.TOTL — consumer price index (2010 = 100), yearly average; World Bank, SP.DYN.LE00.IN — life expectancy at birth; Wikipedia, "List of highest-grossing Indian films" — highest-grossing film by year (worldwide gross); BankBazaar, "Historical Gold Rate/Trend in India" — 24K gold, ₹ per 10 g, yearly figure. Prime Ministers, Presidents and events checked against Wikipedia. Money figures are yearly.