1986 in India

1986 in India
Events in the year 1986 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
President of India – Zail Singh
Prime Minister of India – Rajiv Gandhi
Vice President of India – R. Venkataraman
Chief Justice of India – Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati (until 20 December), Raghunandan Swarup Pathak
Governors
Andhra Pradesh – Kumud Ben Joshi
Assam – Bhishma Narain Singh
Bihar – P. Venkatasubbaiah
Gujarat – Braj Kumar Nehru (until 26 February), Ram Krishna Trivedi (starting 26 February)
Haryana – Saiyid Muzaffar Husain Burney
Himachal Pradesh –
until 7 March: Hokishe Sema
7 March-16 April: Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai
starting 16 April: R. K. S. Ghandhi
Jammu and Kashmir – Jagmohan Malhotra
Karnataka – Ashoknath Banerji
Kerala – P. Ramachandran
Madhya Pradesh – K.M Chandy
Maharashtra – Kona Prabhakara Rao (until 2 April), Shankar Dayal Sharma (starting 2 April)
Manipur – K. V. Krishna Rao
Meghalaya – Bhishma Narain Singh
Nagaland – K. V. Krishna Rao
Odisha – Bishambhar Nath Pande
Punjab – Shankar Dayal Sharma (until 2 April), Siddhartha Shankar Ray (starting 2 April)
Rajasthan – Vasantdada Patil
Sikkim – T.V. Rajeswar
Tamil Nadu – Sundar Lal Khurana
Tripura – K. V. Krishna Rao
Uttar Pradesh – Mohammed Usman Arif
West Bengal – Uma Shankar Dikshit (until 12 August), Saiyid Nurul Hasan (starting 12 August)
Events
National income - 3,183,659 million
1 February – Locks of the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi & Babri Masjid were opened.
March 24 – Contract signed between the Government of India and Swedish arms company Bofors for supply of 410 155 mm Howitzer field guns. (Bofors deal)
April 1 – VSNL incorporated
April 30 – Operation Black Thunder conducted to flush out remaining Sikh extremists from the Golden Temple
May – a new National Policy on Education announced by the Government
June – Zion Matriculation Higher Secondary School is founded.
August 11 - Supreme Court of India delivered landmark judgement which upholds Freedom of speech and expression in Bijoe Emmanuel Vs State of Kerala case. In this case court said that no law mandates singing National Anthem of India compulsory.
September 22 – Australia-India test cricket match ends in a tie at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai, becoming only the second tied test in the history.
October 27 – Inland Waterways Authority of India came into existence.
November 18 – Operation Brasstacks starts in Rajasthan.
November – 182-day Treasury Bill introduced
Law
November 19 – Environment Protection Act that was passed in month of May in consequence to Bhopal disaster, came into force.
December 24 – Consumer Protection Act
Births
5 January – Deepika Padukone, actress.
8 January Yash, actor.
15 January Vikram Prabhu, actor.
21 January – Sushant Singh Rajput, actor.
28 January Shruti Haasan, actress and singer.
4 February – Asif Ali, actor.
20 February – Kalaiyarasan, actor.
23 February – Sanjana Singh, actress.
27 February – Shishir Hathwar, Guinness World Record holder.
14 March Lokesh Kanagaraj, film director.
6 June – Bhavana (actress), actress.
16 June – Anjali (actress), actress.
17 September – Ravichandran Ashwin, cricketer.
28 July – Dulquer Salmaan, actor
24 August Shanthanu Bhagyaraj, actor.
21 September Atlee Kumar, film director.
2 October – Praveen Kumar, cricketer.
17 October – T. V. Anupama, Indian Administrative Service officer.
28 October Aditi Rao Hydari, actress and dancer.
15 November – Sania Mirza, tennis player.
23 November Naga Chaitanya, actor.
27 November – Suresh Raina, cricketer.
Deaths
6 July – Jagjivan Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer (born 1908).
13 December – Smita Patil, actress (born 1955).
See also
Bollywood films of 1986
References
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Years of the 20th century in India
1980s in India
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