1984 in India
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Events in the year 1984 in the Republic of India.
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[edit] Incumbents
- President of India – Zail Singh
- Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi until October 31, Rajiv Gandhi
[edit] Events
- 5 March - Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi orders Operation Blue Star.
- 2 April - Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma is launched into space, aboard the Soyuz T-11.
- 13 April - India launches Operation Meghdoot, as most of the Siachen Glacier in Kashmir comes under Indian control.
- 5 June - The Indian government begins Operation Blue Star.
- 6 June - Indian troops storm the Golden Temple at Amritsar, the Sikhs' holiest shrine.
- 31 October - Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by her two Sikh security guards. Rajiv Gandhi becomes prime minister of India.
- 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
- 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.
[edit] Arts and literature
- Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, autonomous non-governmental organisation seeking to preserve Indian culture and heritage, is founded.
[edit] Births
- 4 January — Jeeva, actor
- 24 March — Adrian D'Souza, field hockey player
- 11 July — Nikos Narkissos, Fashion Designer and Stylist
- 16 July — Katrina Kaif, actress
- 6 September — Diwakar Prasad, boxer
- 19 September — Kavya Madhavan, actress
- 27 October — Irfan Pathan, cricketer
- 8 November — Nayantara, actress
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- Masumeh Makhija, actress
- M U Prajeesh, Designer
[edit] Deaths
- 10 March - I. S. Johar, actor, writer, producer and director (b.1920).
- 31 October - Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister, assassinated (b.1917).
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- Gopi Krishna, yogi, mystic, teacher, social reformer and writer (b.1903).
[edit] See also
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