1994 in India

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List of years in India
Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1994 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

President of India – Shankar Dayal Sharma
Prime Minister of India – P. V. Narasimha Rao
Vice President of India – K. R. Narayanan
Chief Justice of India – Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah until 24 October, Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi

Governors

Andhra Pradesh – Krishan Kant
Arunachal Pradesh – Mata Prasad
Assam – Loknath Mishra
Bihar – Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
Goa –
- until 3 April: Bhanu Prakash Singh
- 4 April-3 August: B. Rachaiah
- starting 3 August: Gopala Ramanujam
Gujarat – Sarup Singh
Haryana – Dhanik Lal Mandal
Himachal Pradesh – Sudhakarrao Naik (starting 30 July)
Jammu and Kashmir – K. V. Krishna Rao
Karnataka – Khurshed Alam Khan
Kerala – B. Rachaiah
Madhya Pradesh – Mohammad Shafi Qureshi
Maharashtra – P.C. Alexander
Manipur – V. K. Nayar (until 22 December), O. N. Shrivastava (starting 23 December)
Meghalaya – Madhukar Dighe
Mizoram – P. R. Kyndiah
Nagaland – V. K. Nayar (until 4 August), O. N. Shrivastava (starting 4 August)
Odisha – B. Satya Narayan Reddy
Punjab –
- until 9 July: Surendra Nath
- 9 July-18 September: Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar
- starting 18 September: Bakshi Krishan Nath Chhibber
Rajasthan – Bali Ram Bhagat
Sikkim – Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani (until 20 September), P. Shiv Shankar (starting 20 September)
Tamil Nadu – Marri Chenna Reddy
Tripura – Romesh Bhandari
Uttar Pradesh – Motilal Vora
West Bengal – K. V. Raghunatha Reddy

Events

National income - ₹10,275,701 million

26 January – India rolls out the short-range Prithvi missile at Republic Day Parade in New Delhi.
27 January - Kupwara massacre
22 February - Encounter killing of five youth including an All Assam Students' Union worker in Dangari by Indian Army.^[1]
Parliament of India passes resolution that declares Jammu and Kashmir as an integral part of India.^[2]
11 March - S. R. Bommai v. Union of India verdict by Supreme Court of India.
20 May – Sushmita Sen was crowned Miss Universe 1994 in Manila, Philippines.
26 August - Plague breakout in India from Surat.^[3]
7 October - Anti-Urdu news bulletin riots cause 25 deaths in Bangalore.^[4]^[5]
19 November – Aishwarya Rai was crowned Miss World 1994 in Sun City, South Africa.^[6]
25 November - Koothuparamba firing in Kerala
30 November - Nambi Narayanan arrested in connection with ISRO espionage case.^[7]
5 December - G. Krishnaiah IAS, District magistrate of Gopalganj district, India lynched to death by a mob which was instigated by politician Anand Mohan Singh.^[8]
13 December - Janata Dal emerged victorious in 1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election.

Law

Births

Urvashi Rautela

Bajrang Punia

08 January - Ankit Boora, Model Actor Athlete
18 Feb Sneh Rana, cricketer
25 Feb – Urvashi Rautela, actress
26 Feb - Bajrang Punia, Olympic medalist
Mohammed Siraj
13 March – Mohammed Siraj, cricketer

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu

13 June – Deepika Kumari, archer^[9]
8 August – Mirabai Chanu, weightlifter
3 November – Sanusha, actress
11 November - Sanju Samson, cricketer^[10]
20 November – Priyanka Arul Mohan, actress.
6 December – Shreyas Iyer, cricketer
Kuldeep Yadav
14 December – Kuldeep Yadav, cricketer
20 December – Nazriya Nazim, anchor, model and actress
21 December – Athulya Ravi, actress.
22 December Michael Dabhi, Politician

Deaths

R. D. Burman

4 January – Rahul Dev Burman, music director.
8 January - Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati Shankaracharya, 99, 68th guru of Kanchi Mutt (born 1894).
9 June – Dhirendra Brahmachari, Yoga guru and mentor of Indira Gandhi (born 1924).
22 June – L. V. Prasad, actor, producer and director (born 1908).
11 November - Kuvempu, poet, writer and playwright (born 1904).

See also

Bollywood films of 1994

References

^ Karmakar, Rahul (14 October 2018). "1994 Assam fake encounter: Major General, six others get life term". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
^ "India bound by 1994 Parliament resolution to reclaim PoK: J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
^ Basu, Mohana (14 March 2020). "1994 Surat plague has many lessons for India on how to beat coronavirus". ThePrint. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
^ "urdu news broadcast triggers 3day riot in which 23 die in bangalore". ucanews.com. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Urdu news bulletin on Bangalore Doordarshan sparks off riots". India Today. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Watch Aishwarya Rai tear up during Miss World 1994 crowning, speak of looking beyond nationalities in winning answer". Hindustan Times. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
^ Kumar, S. Vijay (31 July 2022). "Scientists deserve immunity from arbitrary police action: Nambi Narayanan". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
^ "Inspiring success story of Gopalganj district magistrate G. Krishnaiah". India Today. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
^ "Deepika KUMARI - Olympic Archery | India". International Olympic Committee. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
^ "Sanju Samson". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

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