1993 in India

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Events in the year 1993 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• President of India – Shankar Dayal Sharma ^[1]
• Prime Minister of India – P. V. Narasimha Rao
• Vice President of India – K. R. Narayanan
• Chief Justice of India – Lalit Mohan Sharma until 11 February, Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah

Governors

• Andhra Pradesh – Krishan Kant
• Arunachal Pradesh – Surendranath Dwivedy (until 4 July), Madhukar Dighe (4 July-20 October), Mata Prasad (starting 20 October)
• Assam – Loknath Mishra
• Bihar – Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (until 13 August), Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (starting 13 August)
• Goa – Bhanu Prakash Singh
• Gujarat – Sarup Singh
• Haryana – Dhanik Lal Mandal
• Himachal Pradesh –
  • until 29 January: Virendra Verma
  • 11 February-29 June: Bali Ram Bhagat
  • starting 11 February: Gulsher Ahmad
• Jammu and Kashmir – Girish Chandra Saxena (until 12 March), K. V. Krishna Rao (starting 12 March)
• Karnataka – Khurshed Alam Khan
• Kerala – B. Rachaiah
• Madhya Pradesh – M. A. Khan (until 23 June), Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (starting 23 June)
• Maharashtra – C. Subramaniam (until 9 January), P.C. Alexander (starting 12 January)
• Manipur –
  • until 19 March: Chintamani Panigrahi
  • 20 March-30 August: K. V. Raghunatha Reddy
  • starting 31 August: V. K. Nayar
• Meghalaya – Madhukar Dighe
• Mizoram – Swaraj Kaushal (until 9 February), P. R. Kyndiah (starting 9 February)
• Nagaland – Loknath Mishra (until 1 October), V. K. Nayar (starting 1 October)
• Odisha –
  • until 1 February: Yagya Dutt Sharma
  • 1 February-31 May: Saiyid Nurul Hasan
  • starting 1 June: B. Satya Narayan Reddy
• Punjab – Surendra Nath
• Rajasthan –
  • until 31 May: Marri Chenna Reddy
  • 31 May-30 June: Dhanik Lal Mandal
  • starting 30 June: Bali Ram Bhagat
• Sikkim – Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani
• Tamil Nadu – Bhishma Narain Singh (until 30 May), Marri Chenna Reddy (starting 31 May)
• Tripura – K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (until 14 August), Romesh Bhandari (starting 14 August)
• Uttar Pradesh – B. Satya Narayan Reddy (until 25 May), Motilal Vora (starting 25 May)
• West Bengal –
  • until 12 July: Saiyid Nurul Hasan
  • 12 July-14 August: B. Satyanarayan Reddy
  • starting 14 August: K. V. Raghunatha Reddy

Events

• National income - ₹8,759,924 million
• 9 March – The All Parties Hurriyat Conference is formed in Kashmir.
• 12 March – 1993 Mumbai blasts: A series of bomb blasts, thought to be planted by underworld figures, rock the country's commercial capital of Bombay, killing some 260 people. ^[2]
• 9 April – Veerappan Gang Trapped and blew a Tamil Nadu bus carrying police, forest officials and civilians, using a landmine, which killed 22 civilians and police[11] and this incident is known as Palar blast. ^[3]
• 14 April – Sun TV, a Tamil language television station, as first regular broadcasting service to start in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 10 May - Impeachment motion against Justice V. Ramaswami failed in Lok Sabha. ^[4]
• 24 May - Veerappan and his gang Killed 6 policemen K.M.Uthappa, Prabhakara, Poovaiah, Machaiah, Swamy and Narasappa of STF commander Gopal Hosur's party and injured the police commander near Rangaswamy vaddu, M.M.Hills, Karnataka.
• 3 June - Chief minister of Kerala K. Karunakaran gravely injured following a road accident.
• 21 July - 1993 Kolkata firing
• 29 July - Disappearance of Chekannur Maulavi a reformist. He was allegedly kidnapped and killed and is considered as first act of Islamic terrorism in Malabar Coast post independence. ^[5]
• 30 September – The 6.2 M_w  Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.
• 5 December -Mulayam Singh Yadav elected chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second time.

Law

Supreme Court recognised a fundamental right to primary education in the right to life under article 21.

Births

• 6 January – Pawan Negi, cricketer.
• 11 March – Manjima Mohan, actress
• 15 March – Alia Bhatt, actress and model.
• 25 May - Rahul Yadav, chartered accountant.
• 1 April – Sri Divya, actress.
• 2 May – Gayathrie Shankar, actress.
• 1 June - Rajat Patidar, cricketer
• 26 June - Shivam Dube, cricketer ^[6]
• 27 June - Prajakta Koli, YouTuber
• 25 July – Pradeep Ranganathan, film director and actor.

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  Malavika Mohanan

  4 August – Malavika Mohanan, actress

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  Nidhhi Agerwal

  17 August – Nidhi Agerwal, actress
• 3 October – K. S. Bharat, cricketer

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  Hardik Pandya

  11 October – Hardik Pandya, cricketer
• 12 October – Mukesh Kumar, cricketer
• 13 October – Hanuma Vihari, cricketer
• 30 October – Aditi Rathore, Indian television actress
• 6 December – Jasprit Bumrah, cricketer ^[7]
• 16 December – Kalidas Jayaram, actor

Deaths

• 5 April – Divya Bharti, actress (born 1974).
• 9 June – Satyen Bose, film director (born 1916).
• 12 June – Binay Ranjan Sen, diplomat, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (born 1898).
• 3 August – Chinmayananda, spiritual leader (born 1916).
• 19 August – Utpal Dutt, actor, director and writer (born 1929).
• 7 November - Kirupanandha Variyar, spiritual teacher (born 1906).
• 29 November – J. R. D. Tata, French-born Indian aviator and businessman who became India's first licensed pilot (born 1904).

Full date unknown

• Arun Joshi, novelist (born 1939).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1993

References

1. Pace, Eric (3 January 2000). "Shankar Dayal Sharma, 81, Former President of India". The New York Times.
2. "The 1993 Mumbai Blasts: What Exactly Happened on March 12 That Year". 16 June 2017.
3. "Why Veerappan planned the Palar blast". The Times of India.
4. Ramakrishnan, T. (11 March 2025). "Justice V. Ramaswami, the first judge of Supreme Court to face impeachment proceedings". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 22 September 2025.
5. Imported (17 October 2018). "The sad fate of Chekannur case". english.madhyamam.com. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
6. "Shivam Dube". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 26 September 2020.
7. "Jasprit Bumrah profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media Ltd. Retrieved 16 October 2021.