1985 in India

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See also:	List of years in India; Timeline of Indian history

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]

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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Annies Kanmani Joy

Durga Shakti Nagpal

22 February – Bombayla Devi Laishram, archer.^[1]
5 March - Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, actress
Parthiv Patel
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.
Dinesh Karthik
1 June – Dinesh Karthik, cricketer.
Kajal Aggarwal
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.
Diana Penty
2 November – Diana Penty, actress.
11 November – Robin Uthappa, cricketer.
Shikhar Dhawan
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).

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.

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[1] "Bombayla Devi LAISHRAM - Olympic Archery | India". International Olympic Committee. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2019.

[2] "Parthiv Patel". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2020.

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