1987 in India

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Events in the year 1987 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• President of India – Zail Singh until July 25, R. Venkataraman
• Prime Minister of India – Rajiv Gandhi

Events

• 1987 Sino-Indian skirmish the second such conflict between China and India.
• 30 May - The Union Territory was split, and Goa was elevated as India's twenty-fifth state, with Daman and Diu remaining Union Territories

Births

January to June

• 1 January - Neha Sharma, actress and model.
• 20 March - Kangana Ranaut, actress.
• 25 April - Mallika Kapoor, actress.
• 17 May - Charmy Kaur, actress.
• 15 January - [Ajay Kumar], Lkd
• 7 June - [Neil D'souza], Entrepreneur
• 12 June - [Ashwin Aryan], Musician
• 30 June - [Adithya Mallya], Market Consultant

July to December

• 5 August - Genelia D'Souza, actress.
• 6 August - Aditya Narayan, actor, singer and television host.
• 19 August - Ileana D'Cruz, actress.
• 20 November - Sukirti Kandpal, actress.
• 10 December - Souvik Sarkar, Bally, Howrah, West Bengal.

Deaths

• 1 June - Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, film director, novelist, screenwriter and journalist (b.1914).
• 13 October - Kishore Kumar, playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter (b.1929).
• 27 October - Vijay Merchant, cricketer (b.1911).
• 17 November - Akhandanand, exponent of Shrimad Bhagvata and scholar (b.1911).
• 24 December - M. G. Ramachandran, actor, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (b.1917).

Full date unknown

• Dasaradhi, poet and political activist (b.1925).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1987