1985 in India
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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1985 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents[edit]
- President of India – Zail Singh
- Prime Minister of India – Rajiv Gandhi
- Chief Justice of India – Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud (until 11 July), Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati
Governors[edit]
- Andhra Pradesh –
- Assam –
- Bihar –
- Gujarat –
- Haryana –
- Himachal Pradesh –
- Jammu and Kashmir –
- Karnataka –
- Kerala –
- Madhya Pradesh –
- Maharashtra –
- Manipur –
- Meghalaya –
- Nagaland –
- Odisha –
- Punjab –
- Rajasthan –
- Sikkim –
- Tamil Nadu –
- Tripura –
- Uttar Pradesh –
- West Bengal –
Events[edit]
- 10 April – 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 – 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]
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- 22 February – Bombayla Devi Laishram, archer.[1]
- 5 March - Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, actress
- 9 March - Parthiv Patel, cricketer[2]
- 26 March – Kedar Jadhav, Cricketer.
- 6 April – Jai, actor.
- 23 April – Annies Kanmani Joy, IAS.
- 9 May – Neha Bamb, actress.
- 15 May – Tathagata Mukherjee, actor.
- 1 June – Dinesh Karthik, cricketer.
- 19 June – Kajal Aggarwal, actress.
- 25 June – Durga Shakti Nagpal, Indian bureaucrat.
- 23 September – Ambati Rayudu, cricketer.
- 26 October – Asin Thottumkal, actress.
- 1 November – Anand Ambani, Business Magnet.
- 2 November – Diana Penty, actress.
- 11 November – Robin Uthappa, cricketer.
- 5 December – Shikhar Dhawan, cricketer.
Deaths[edit]
- 31 October – Hardit Malik, diplomat, civil servant and cricketer (born 1894)
- 6 November – Sanjeev Kumar, actor (born 1938).
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Bombayla Devi LAISHRAM - Olympic Archery | India". International Olympic Committee. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ↑ "Parthiv Patel". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2020.