India, year by year
India in 1979
Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize.
- Prime Ministers
- Morarji Desai (until 28 July 1979)
Charan Singh (from 28 July 1979) - President
- Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
- 10 grams of gold (24K)
- ₹937yearly figure, BankBazaar
- One US dollar
- ₹8.13official yearly average, World Bank
- ₹100 in 1979
- ≈ ₹2,670 in 2025by India's consumer price index, World Bank
- Highest-grossing Indian film
- Suhaagworldwide gross, per Wikipedia
- Population
- 67.1 croreWorld Bank
- Life expectancy at birth
- 53 yearsWorld Bank
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Make a 1979 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.