1993 in India

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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1993 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents[edit]

Governors[edit]

Events[edit]

  • 9 March – The All Parties Hurriyat Conference is formed in Kashmir.
  • 12 March – A series of bomb blasts, thought to be planted by underworld figures, rock the country's commercial capital of Bombay, killing some 260 people. (See 1993 Mumbai bombings.)[2]
  • 9 April – Veerappan Gang Trapped and blew a Tamil Nadu bus carrying police, forest officials and civilians, using a landmine, which killed 22 civilians and police[11] and this incident is known as Palar blast.[3]
  • 14 April – Sun TV, a Tamil language television station, as first regular broadcasting service to start in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.[citation needed]
  • 24 May : Veerappan and His gang Killed 6 policemen K.M.Uthappa, Prabhakara, Poovaiah, Machaiah, Swamy and Narasappa of STF commander Gopal Hosur's party and injured the police commander near Rangaswamy vaddu, M.M.Hills, Karnataka.
  • 3 June - Chief minister of Kerala K. Karunakarangravely injured following a road accident.
  • 30 September – The 6.2 MwLatur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.
  • 5th December -Mulayam Singh Yadav elected chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second time.

Births[edit]

January[edit]

Deaths[edit]

Full date unknown[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Pace, Eric. "Shankar Dayal Sharma, 81, Former President of India".
  2. "The 1993 Mumbai Blasts: What Exactly Happened on March 12 That Year".
  3. "Why Veerappan planned the Palar blast". The Times of India.
  4. "Shivam Dube". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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