What was the world like in 1970?
India's #1 song of the year was Bindiya Chamkegi from Do Raaste, topping Binaca Geetmala's annual countdown.
What things cost in 1970.
Gold: yearly average, 24K, approx. Petrol: Delhi pump price around mid-year, approx. Sensex: BSE year-end close. Today's figures as of late Oct 2026. For curiosity, not advice.
The world's number ones.
Every song that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970.
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head · B.J. Thomas
I Want You Back · Jackson 5
Venus · The Shocking Blue
Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin/Everybody Is A Star · Sly & The Family Stone
Bridge Over Troubled Water · Simon & Garfunkel
Let It Be · The Beatles
ABC · Jackson 5
American Woman/No Sugar Tonight · The Guess Who
Everything Is Beautiful · Ray Stevens
The Long And Winding Road/For You Blue · The Beatles
The Love You Save/I Found That Girl · Jackson 5
Mama Told Me (Not To Come) · Three Dog Night
(They Long To Be) Close To You · Carpenters
Make It With You · Bread
War · Edwin Starr
Ain't No Mountain High Enough · Diana Ross
Cracklin' Rosie · Neil Diamond
I'll Be There · Jackson 5
I Think I Love You · The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy
The Tears Of A Clown · Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
My Sweet Lord/Isn't It A Pity · George Harrison
If you were born in 1970, none of this existed.
Aryabhata, India's first satellite, launches
Sholay releases in cinemas
Colour television arrives in India
India wins its first Cricket World Cup at Lord's
The first Maruti 800 is handed over
Rakesh Sharma becomes the first Indian in space
India's first metro opens in Kolkata
Ramayan airs its first episode on Doordarshan
And 35 more. Your exact day shows the full list.
The year is the trailer. Your day is the film.
The Moon and your nakshatra, the weather in your city, the front page and who shares your birthday.
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