1984 in India explained
Events in the year 1984 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
- National income - 2,521,882 million
January - June
July - December
- 8 August - PT Usha misses Olympic medal by 1/100th of a second in 1984 Summer Olympics.[4]
- 24 August - The first 3D film in India My Dear Kuttichathan was released.
- 24 October - India's first metro Kolkata metro started.
- 31 October – Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by her two Sikh security guards. Her son Rajiv Gandhi succeeds her as Prime Minister.
- 31 October – 3 November An estimated 2,700-10,000 Sikhs killed during the anti-Sikh riots in Delhi and other areas; mobs loot and damage several Sikh homes, businesses and Gurdwaras in response to the assassination of Indira Gandhi.
- 31 October – Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel – The Iron Man of India. He was the one man who got 550 states and territories to form the united Republic of India.
- 15 November - Silent Valley declared as a National Park.
- 3 December – Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, kills more than 2,000 people outright and injures anywhere from 15,000 to 22,000 others (some 6,000 of whom later die from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.
Dates not known
Law
In 1984 by the law Ministry of Environment and Forests are established.
Arts and literature
Births
- 4 January – Jeeva, actor.
- 6 January - Diljit Dosanjh, Indian Punjabi Singer.
- 4 February – Sandeep Acharya, singer (d. 2013)
- 12 March Shreya Ghoshal, playback singer.
- 24 March – Adrian D'Souza, field hockey player.
- 1 April - Murali Vijay, cricketer.
- 2 April - Deep Sidhu, actor and activist (d. 2022).
- 30 May - Rohini Sindhuri, Indian Administrative Service officer.
- 21 June Nelson Dilipkumar, Film Director.
- 27 August - Y. S. Avinash Reddy, politician and member of parliament from Kadapa.
- 6 September – Diwakar Prasad, boxer.
- 19 September – Kavya Madhavan, actress.
- 23 September – Armstrong Pame, Indian Administrative Service officer.
- 27 October – Irfan Pathan, cricketer.
- 18 November – Nayantara, actress.
- 23 November – Amruta Khanvilkar, actress
Deaths
- 10 March – I. S. Johar, actor, writer, producer and director (born 1920)
- 21 June – Arun Sarnaik, Renowned Marathi film actor, singer (born 1935)
- 6 June - Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, militant, killed in Operation Blue Star (born 1947)
- 31 October – Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister, assassinated (born 1917)[5]
- 5 November – Rehman, actor (born 1921)
- 25 November - Yashwantrao Chavan, chief minister of Maharashtra (born 1913)
- 31 December - K. R. Ramanathan, physicist and meteorologist (born 1893)
Full date unknown
- Gopi Krishna, yogi, mystic, teacher, social reformer and writer (born 1903).
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: The Truth About the Kargil War Is Bitter But it Must Be Told . 2023-12-17 . thewire.in . en.
- Web site: FRONTLINE . TEAM . 2022-08-15 . 1984: Kanshi Ram launches Bahujan Samaj Party . 2023-12-12 . Frontline . en.
- Web site: 70 Years Of Mount Everest Summit: 5 Facts About The First Woman To Climb The Mountain . 2023-12-12 . NDTV.com.
- Web site: FRONTLINE . TEAM . 2022-08-15 . 1984: P.T. Usha misses Olympic medal by a whisker . 2023-12-12 . Frontline . en.
- Web site: Indira Gandhi . Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers . 28 July 2021 . en . 16 February 2019.