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Events in the year 1984 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents[edit]

President of India – Zail Singh
Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi until 31 October, Rajiv Gandhi
Chief Justice of India – Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud

Governors[edit]

Andhra Pradesh – Thakur Ram Lal (until 29 August), Shankar Dayal Sharma (starting 29 August)
Assam –
- until 28 March: Prakash Mehrotra
- 28 March-15 April: Tribeni Sahai Misra
- starting 15 April: Bhishma Narain Singh
Bihar – Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
Gujarat – K.M. Chandy (until 26 April), Braj Kumar Nehru (starting 26 April)
Haryana – Ganpatrao Devji Tapase (until 13 June), Saiyid Muzaffar Husain Burney (starting 13 June)
Himachal Pradesh – Hokishe Sema
Jammu and Kashmir – B. K. Nehru (until 26 April), Jagmohan Malhotra (starting 26 April)
Karnataka – Ashoknath Banerji
Kerala – P. Ramachandran
Madhya Pradesh – B. D. Sharma (starting 14 May), K.M Chandy (starting 14 May)
Maharashtra – Idris Hasan Latif
Manipur – S. M. H. Burney (until 11 June), K. V. Krishna Rao (starting 11 June)
Meghalaya –
- until 29 March: Prakash Mehrotra
- 29 March-15 April: Tribeni Sahai Misra
- starting 15 April: Bhishma Narain Singh
Nagaland – S. M. H. Burney (until 11 June), K. V. Krishna Rao (starting 11 June)
Odisha – Bishambhar Nath Pande
Punjab – Bhairab Dutt Pande (until 3 July), Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala (starting 3 July)
Rajasthan – Om Prakash Mehra
Sikkim – Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan (until 17 June), Kona Prabhakar Rao (starting 17 June)
Tamil Nadu – Sundar Lal Khurana
Tripura – S. M. H. Burney (until 11 June), K. V. Krishna Rao (starting 11 June)
Uttar Pradesh – Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
West Bengal –
- until 16 August: Anant Prasad Sharma
- 16 August-1 October: Satish Chandra
- starting 1 October: Uma Shankar Dikshit

Events[edit]

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
5 March – Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi orders Operation Blue Star.
2 April – Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma is launched into space, aboard the Soyuz T-11.
13 April – India launches Operation Meghdoot, as most of the Siachen Glacier in Kashmir comes under Indian control.
1 June – The Indian government begins Operation Blue Star.
4 June – Indian troops storm the Golden Temple at Amritsar, the Sikhs' holiest shrine.
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.
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.
24 May - Kasargod district formed in Kerala.
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai got Jnanpith Award.
Government issued postal stamp of freedom fighter Mangal Pande.
Silent valley declared as National Park by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
The first 3-D film in India My dear kuttichathan was released.
PT Usha enters Olympics final in Los Angeles.
Shiny Abraham enters Olympics semi final in Los Angeles.
Bachendri Pal – The first women Everest climber of India reached the summit of Everest.
India's first metro- Kolkata metro started.
Rajiv Gandhi become India's new prime Minister.
Operation woodrose by Indian Army.
Violence against sikh in Delhi.

Law[edit]

Arts and literature[edit]

Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, autonomous non-governmental organisation seeking to preserve Indian culture and heritage, is founded.

Births[edit]

4 January – Jeeva, actor
Diljit Dosanjh
6 January - Diljit Dosanjh, Indian Punjabi Singer
10 March – Mohammad Aijaz Asad, Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
24 March – Adrian D'Souza, field hockey player
1 April - Murali Vijay, cricketer
2 April - Deep Sidhu, actor and activist (d. 2022)
30 May - Rohini Sindhuri, Indian Administrative Service officer
27 August - Y. S. Avinash Reddy, politician and member of parliament from Kadapa
6 September – Diwakar Prasad, boxer
19 September – Kavya Madhavan, actress
23 September – Armstrong Pame, Indian Administrative Service officer
Irfan Pathan
27 October – Irfan Pathan, cricketer
18 November – Nayantara, actress

Deaths[edit]

10 March – I. S. Johar, actor, writer, producer and director (born 1920)
21 June – Arun Sarnaik, Renowned Marathi film actor, singer (born 1935)
6 June - Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, militant, killed in Operation Blue Star (born 1947)
Indira Gandhi
31 October – Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister, assassinated (born 1917)^[1]
5 November – Rehman, actor (born 1921)
25 November - Yashwantrao Chavan, chief minister of Maharashtra (born 1913)
31 December - K. R. Ramanathan, physicist and meteorologist (born 1893)

Full date unknown[edit]

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

References[edit]

↑ "Indira Gandhi". Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

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[1] "Indira Gandhi". Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

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