1994 in India

1994 in India
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.
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.
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
25 Feb Urvashi Rautela, actress
26 Feb - Bajrang Punia, Olympic medalist
13 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.
14 December – Kuldeep Yadav, cricketer
20 December – Nazriya Nazim, anchor, model and actress
21 December Athulya Ravi, actress.
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).
See also
Bollywood films of 1994
References
India
Years of the 20th century in India