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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 January - Kupwara massacre
  • 22 February - Encounter killing of five youth including an All Assam Students' Union worker in Dangari by Indian Army.
  • Parliament of India passes resolution that declares Kashmir as an integral part of India.
  • 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.
  • 7 October - Anti-Urdu news bulletin riots cause 25 deaths in Bangalore.
  • 19 November – Aishwarya Rai was crowned Miss World 1994 in Sun City, South Africa.
  • 25 November - Koothuparamba firing in Kerala
  • 30 November - Nambi Narayanan arrested in connection with ISRO espionage case.
  • 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.
  • 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

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  • 08 January - Ankit Boora, Model Actor Athlete
  • 18 Feb Sneh Rana, cricketer
  • 25 Feb Urvashi Rautela, actress
  • 26 Feb - Bajrang Punia, Olympic medalist
  • thumb|119x119px|[[Mohammed Siraj]]13 March – Mohammed Siraj, cricketer

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  • 13 June – Deepika Kumari, archer
  • 8 August – Mirabai Chanu, weightlifter
  • 3 November – Sanusha, actress
  • 11 November - Sanju Samson, cricketer
  • 20 November Priyanka Arul Mohan, actress.
  • 6 December – Shreyas Iyer, cricketer
  • thumb|131x131px|[[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

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  • 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