# 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 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 Jammu and 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

* 08 January - Ankit Boora, Model Actor Athlete
* 18 Feb Sneh Rana, cricketer
* 25 Feb – Urvashi Rautela, actress
* 26 Feb - Bajrang Punia, Olympic medalist
* Mohammed Siraj13 March – Mohammed Siraj, cricketer
* 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
* Kuldeep Yadav14 December – Kuldeep Yadav, cricketer
* 20 December – Nazriya Nazim, anchor, model and actress
* 21 December – Athulya Ravi, actress.
* 22 December Michael Dabhi, Politician

## Deaths

* 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).