1994 in India

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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 June - 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

• Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994
• Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994
• Airports Authority of India Act 1994

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.

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

1. 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.
2. "India bound by 1994 Parliament resolution to reclaim PoK: J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
3. Basu, Mohana (14 March 2020). "1994 Surat plague has many lessons for India on how to beat coronavirus". ThePrint. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
4. "urdu news broadcast triggers 3day riot in which 23 die in bangalore". ucanews.com. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
5. "Urdu news bulletin on Bangalore Doordarshan sparks off riots". India Today. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
6. "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.
7. Kumar, S. Vijay (31 July 2022). "Scientists deserve immunity from arbitrary police action: Nambi Narayanan". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 14 September 2022.
8. "Inspiring success story of Gopalganj district magistrate G. Krishnaiah". India Today. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
9. "Deepika KUMARI - Olympic Archery | India". International Olympic Committee. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
10. "Sanju Samson". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2021.