# 1993 in India

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Events in the year 1993 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 – 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 – A series of bomb blasts, thought to be planted by underworld figures, rock the country's commercial capital of Bombay, killing some 260 people. (See 1993 Mumbai bombings.)
* 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.
* 14 April – Sun TV, a Tamil language television station, as first regular broadcasting service to start in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
* 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.
* 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.

## 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
* 27 June - Prajakta Koli, YouTuber
* 25 July – Pradeep Ranganathan, film director and actor.
* Malavika Mohanan4 August – Malavika Mohanan, actress
* Nidhhi Agerwal17 August – Nidhi Agerwal, actress
* 3 October – K. S. Bharat, cricketer
* Hardik Pandya11 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
* 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).