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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1985 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents[edit | edit source]
- President of India ā Zail Singh
- Prime Minister of India ā Rajiv Gandhi
- Chief Justice of India ā Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud (until 11 July), Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati
Governors[edit | edit source]
- Andhra Pradesh ā
- Assam ā
- Bihar ā
- Gujarat ā
- Haryana ā
- Himachal Pradesh ā
- Jammu and Kashmir ā
- Karnataka ā
- Kerala ā
- Madhya Pradesh ā
- Maharashtra ā
- Manipur ā
- Meghalaya ā
- Nagaland ā
- Odisha ā
- Punjab ā
- Rajasthan ā
- Sikkim ā
- Tamil Nadu ā
- Tripura ā
- Uttar Pradesh ā
- West Bengal ā
Events[edit | edit source]
- 10 April ā Chakravarty Committee was set up by the RBI to review the working of monetary system. Its recommendations had far reaching consequences eventually removing India from the 500-year-old silver standard
- 23 June ā Air India Flight 182, a Boeing 747, blows up 31,000 feet (9,500 m) above the Atlantic Ocean, south of Ireland, killing all 329 aboard.
- By mid-1985, the statutory preemption on banks' resources in the form of the Statutory Liquidity Ratio and the Cash Reserve Ratio exceeded 45%.
- The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act is passed by Parliament.
- The Administrative tribunals in Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and Allahabad were established by Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985.
- The Special Protection Group is created.
- Indira Gandhi National Open University is established by an Act of Indian Parliament.
- Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) is passed by parliament.
- Texas Instruments, a Multinational corporation, starts its India operations in Bangalore and helps create infrastructure to export software via satellite communications from India for the first time.
Births[edit | edit source]
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- 22 February ā Bombayla Devi Laishram, archer.[1]
- 5 March - Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, actress
9 March - Parthiv Patel, cricketer[2]
Parthiv Patel - 26 March ā Kedar Jadhav, Cricketer.
- 6 April ā Jai, actor.
- 23 April ā Annies Kanmani Joy, IAS.
- 9 May ā Neha Bamb, actress.
- 15 May ā Tathagata Mukherjee, actor.
1 June ā Dinesh Karthik, cricketer.
Dinesh Karthik 19 June ā Kajal Aggarwal, actress.
Kajal Aggarwal - 25 June ā Durga Shakti Nagpal, Indian bureaucrat.
- 23 September ā Ambati Rayudu, cricketer.
- 26 October ā Asin Thottumkal, actress.
- 1 November ā Anand Ambani, Business Magnet.
2 November ā Diana Penty, actress.
Diana Penty - 11 November ā Robin Uthappa, cricketer.
5 December ā Shikhar Dhawan, cricketer.
Shikhar Dhawan
Deaths[edit | edit source]
- 31 October ā Hardit Malik, diplomat, civil servant and cricketer (born 1894)
- 6 November ā Sanjeev Kumar, actor (born 1938).
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ā "Bombayla Devi LAISHRAM - Olympic Archery | India". International Olympic Committee. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ā "Parthiv Patel". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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