1985 in India

none April 2019 September 2020 1985 Events in the year 1985 in the Republic of India. Incumbents President of India – Zail Singh Prime Minister of India – Rajiv Gandhi Vice President of India – R. Venkataraman Chief Justice of India – Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud (until 11 July), Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati Governors Andhra Pradesh – Shankar Dayal Sharma (until 26 November), Kumud Ben Joshi (starting 26 November) Assam – Bhishma Narain Singh Bihar – Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (until 15 March), P. Venkatasubbaiah (starting 15 March) Gujarat – Braj Kumar Nehru Haryana – Saiyid Muzaffar Husain Burney Himachal Pradesh – Hokishe Sema Jammu and Kashmir – Jagmohan Malhotra Karnataka – Ashoknath Banerji Kerala – P. Ramachandran Madhya Pradesh – K.M Chandy Maharashtra – until 16 April: Idris Hasan Latif 19 April-30 May: Pir Muhammad starting 31 May: Kona Prabhakara Rao Manipur – K. V. Krishna Rao Meghalaya – Bhishma Narain Singh Nagaland – K. V. Krishna Rao Odisha – Bishambhar Nath Pande Punjab – until 14 March: Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala 14 March-14 November: Arjun Singh 14 November-26 November: Hokishe Sema starting 26 November: Shankar Dayal Sharma Rajasthan – Om Prakash Mehra (until 4 January), Vasantdada Patil (starting 20 November) Sikkim – until 30 May: Kona Prabhakar Rao 30 May-20 November: Bhishma Narain Singh starting 20 November: T.V. Rajeswar Tamil Nadu – Sundar Lal Khurana Tripura – K. V. Krishna Rao Uttar Pradesh – Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh (until 31 March), Mohammed Usman Arif (starting 31 March) West Bengal – Uma Shankar Dikshit Events National income - 2,845,341 million January - June 16 January - Coomar Narain an employee of SLM Maneklal Industries and certain personal staff of Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India were arrested in connection with leaking of classified documents to foreign agents under Official Secrets Act (India).February 15, 1985 Dilip Bobb Spy scandal: India's security breach appears to have reached frightening levels https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19850215-spy-scandal-india-security-breach-appears-to-have-reached-frightening-levels-769795-2013-11-26 2022-01-12 India Today en The person who caught coomair Narainan was Mr Ved Parkash Sharma, a CBI officer by chance. This is explained in a recently published book by Kalol Bhattacharjee in 2024. 4 February - M. G. Ramachandran returns after three months hospitalization and Kidney transplantation in Downstate Medical Center New York City.Trehan Madhu 1984-12-15 After two weeks of treatment in New York, MGR resurrects himself https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19841215-after-two-weeks-of-treatment-in-new-york-mgr-resurrects-himself-803482-1984-12-14 2025-10-22 India Today en1985-02-07 Beloved Leader's Admirers Grateful : Surgery Puts New Life in U.S. Image in South India https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-02-07-mn-5101-story.html 2025-10-22 Los Angeles Times en-US 18 February - Anti reservation protest in Gujarat turns into six month long 1985 Gujarat riots.The 1985 Ahmedabad riots: the historical conjunction between caste conflicts and communalism 2007 Communalism, Caste and Hindu Nationalism: The Violence in Gujarat 77–88 Shani Ornit https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/communalism-caste-and-hindu-nationalism/1985-ahmedabad-riots-the-historical-conjunction-between-caste-conflicts-and-communalism/681C40753986CCB7E4E0BF7F7B398D06 2025-04-01 Cambridge Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86513-5 10 March - India won the first World Championship of Cricket held at Australia by defeating Pakistan in the final.Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket, Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket 1984/85 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/benson-hedges-world-championship-of-cricket-1984-85-60849 2022-01-16 ESPNcricinfo en 30 March - The Special Protection Group is created 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 April - Shah Bano case verdict. 4–8 June - Merapani armed conflict between Assam and Nagaland. 5 June - R. Balakrishna Pillai, a minister from Kerala resigns following controversial speech (Punjab Model needed for Kerala) from him that encourage terrorism.Writ at Kerala High Court https://indiankanoon.org/doc/336809/ Indian Kanoon 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. July - December 17 July - Karamchedu massacre of Dalits in Andhra Pradesh. 24 July - Rajiv–Longowal Accord 15 August - Assam Accord signed between Government of India and Assam agitators. 26 September – 1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.Tempest Rone Sikh Party Wins Punjab Election : Will Rule Troubled State; Gandhi Slate Defeated https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-09-27-mn-18102-story.html 27 Dec 2023 Los Angeles Times Dates unknown By mid-1985, the statutory preemption on banks' resources in the form of the Statutory Liquidity Ratio and the Cash Reserve Ratio exceeded 45%. 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. Narmada Bachao Andolan started by Medha Patkar Law 24 May - Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act is came into effect after presidential assent. 2 September - Indira Gandhi National Open University is established by an Act of Indian Parliament. 14 November - The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act is passed by Parliament came into force. The Administrative tribunals in Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and Allahabad were established by Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985. Births May 2021 thumb|160x160px|Durga Shakti Nagpal 16 January - Sidharth Malhotra, actor and former model 13 February Somdev Devvarman, tennis player 17 February Sivakarthikeyan, actor, producer, lyricist, TV anchor. 22 February – Bombayla Devi Laishram, archer.Bombayla Devi LAISHRAM - Olympic Archery India https://www.olympic.org/bombayla-devi-laishram International Olympic Committee 23 April 2019 en 20 November 2016 5 March Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, actress thumb|126x126px|Parthiv Patel9 March - Parthiv Patel, cricketerParthiv Patel https://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/32242.html 2020-10-02 Cricinfo 26 March – Kedar Jadhav, Cricketer. 27 March Ram Charan, actor and producer. 6 April – Jai, actor. 23 April – Annies Kanmani Joy, IAS. 9 May – Neha Bamb, actress. 15 May – Tathagata Mukherjee, actor. 17 May – Nushrratt Bharuccha, actress 30 May – Jennifer Winget, Actress. thumb|125x125px|Dinesh Karthik1 June – Dinesh Karthik, cricketer. thumb|180x180px|Kajal Aggarwal 9 June – Sonam Kapoor, actress. 19 June – Kajal Aggarwal, actress. 20 June – RJ Balaji, radio jockey, actor, television presenter, comedian and film director. 25 June – Durga Shakti Nagpal, Indian bureaucrat. 26 June – Arjun Kapoor, Indian actor 1 July Mohammed Irfan, singer 6 July Ranveer Singh, actor 22 July Yogi Babu, actor and comedian. 7 September – Radhika Apte, actress. 18 September Vignesh Shivan, film director, lyricist and producer. 23 September – Ambati Rayudu, cricketer. thumb|140x140px|Shubhanshu Shukla10 October - Shubhanshu Shukla, ISRO astronaut and Indian Air Force test pilot. 18 October - Sourabhee Debbarma, singer. 26 October – Asin Thottumkal, actress. 29 October – Vijender Singh, boxer 1 November – Anand Ambani, Business Magnet. thumb|203x203px|Diana Penty2 November – Diana Penty, actress. 11 November – Robin Uthappa, cricketer. 16 November – Aditya Roy Kapur, actor 19 November – Shweta Mohan, singer 28 November – Esha Gupta, actress and model thumb|180x180px|Shikhar Dhawan5 December – Shikhar Dhawan, cricketer. 7 December – Purav Raja, tennis player. 14 December – Syed Rahim Nabi, footballer 21 December Andrea Jeremiah, actress and singer. Deaths 31 October – Hardit Malik, diplomat, civil servant and cricketer (born 1894) 6 November – Sanjeev Kumar, actor (born 1938). 3 December - Satya Bhakta, founders of Communist Party of India (b.1897) See also Bollywood films of 1985 References 1985 India Category:Years of the 20th century in India Category:1980s in India India