1981 in India

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Events in the year 1981 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents[edit | edit source]

Governors[edit | edit source]

Events[edit | edit source]

July – About 308 people die in Bangalore after drinking illicit liquor (see: 1981 Karnataka liquor deaths).
Arasan Ganesan Polytechnic is founded in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu. It is a Government aided co-educational technical institute.
National Aluminium Company incorporated as a public sector enterprise of the Government of India.
2 July – Infosys is founded in Pune

Births[edit | edit source]

3 January – Sanggai Chanu, field hockey player.
25 February – Anuj Sawhney, actor and model.
9 June – Celina Jaitley, actress.
17 June – Amrita Rao, model and actress.
19 June – Gulzar Khan, philosopher and mathematician.
7 July – Mahendra Singh Dhoni, cricketer.
3 August - Manish Paul, Indian television host, anchor and actor
25 August – Shiva Keshavan, luge pilot
30 August – Shilpa Prabhakar Satish, IAS.
27 September – Lakshmipathy Balaji, cricketer.
7 October – Abhijeet Sawant, singer and winner of Indian Idol (season 1)
14 October - Gautam Gambhir, Cricketer and politician

27 November – Vikram Pillay, field hockey player.
9 December – Dia Mirza, actress and model.

12 December -

Ashok, actor.
Yuvraj Singh, cricketer.

Deaths[edit | edit source]

3 May – Nargis, actress (born 1929).
19 June - Subhas Mukhopadhyay, Physician created World's second IVF (born 1931)
24 September – Brahmarishi Hussain Sha, seventh head of Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham and scholar (born 1905).
26 December – Savitri, actress (born 1936).
28 December – David Abraham Cheulkar, actor (born 1908).

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1981 in India

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Incumbents[edit | edit source]

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Events[edit | edit source]

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Deaths[edit | edit source]

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