1984 in India

1984
in
India

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Events in the year 1984 in the Republic of India.

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Governors

Events

Assassination of Indira Gandhi: Indira Gandhi's blood-stained saree and her belongings at the time of her assassination, preserved at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum in New Delhi.
  • National income - 2,521,882 million

January - June

July - December

  • 8 August - PT Usha misses Olympic medal by 1/100th of a second in 1984 Summer Olympics.[4]
  • 24 August - The first 3D film in India My Dear Kuttichathan was released.
  • 24 October - India's first metro Kolkata metro started.
  • 31 October – Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by her two Sikh security guards. Her son Rajiv Gandhi succeeds her as Prime Minister.
  • 31 October – 3 November An estimated 2,700-10,000 Sikhs killed during the anti-Sikh riots in Delhi and other areas; mobs loot and damage several Sikh homes, businesses and Gurdwaras in response to the assassination of Indira Gandhi.
  • 31 October – Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel – The Iron Man of India. He was the one man who got 550 states and territories to form the united Republic of India.
  • 15 November - Silent Valley declared as a National Park.
  • 3 December – Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, kills more than 2,000 people outright and injures anywhere from 15,000 to 22,000 others (some 6,000 of whom later die from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.

Dates not known

Law

In 1984 by the law Ministry of Environment and Forests are established.[citation needed]

Arts and literature

Births

Deaths

Full date unknown

  • Gopi Krishna, yogi, mystic, teacher, social reformer and writer (born 1903).

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Truth About the Kargil War Is Bitter But it Must Be Told". thewire.in. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  2. ^ FRONTLINE, TEAM (15 August 2022). "1984: Kanshi Ram launches Bahujan Samaj Party". Frontline. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  3. ^ "70 Years Of Mount Everest Summit: 5 Facts About The First Woman To Climb The Mountain". NDTV.com. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  4. ^ FRONTLINE, TEAM (15 August 2022). "1984: P.T. Usha misses Olympic medal by a whisker". Frontline. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Indira Gandhi". Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2021.