1987 in India

none March 2022 1987 Events in the year 1987 in the Republic of India. Incumbents President of India – Zail Singh until 25 July, R. Venkataraman Prime Minister of India – Rajiv Gandhi Vice President of India – R. Venkataraman until 24 July, Shankar Dayal Sharma Chief Justice of India – Raghunandan Swarup Pathak Governors Andhra Pradesh – Kumud Ben Joshi Arunachal Pradesh – 20 February-18 March: Bhishma Narain Singh starting 18 March: R. D. Pradhan Assam – Bhishma Narain Singh Bihar – P. Venkatasubbaiah Goa – Gopal Singh (starting 30 May) Gujarat – Ram Krishna Trivedi Haryana – Saiyid Muzaffar Husain Burney Himachal Pradesh – R. K. S. Ghandhi Jammu and Kashmir – Jagmohan Malhotra Karnataka – Ashoknath Banerji (until 26 February), Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah (starting 26 February) Kerala – P. Ramachandran Madhya Pradesh – until 30 November: K.M Chandy 30 November-29 December: Narayan Dutta Ojha starting 29 December: K.M Chandy Maharashtra – Shankar Dayal Sharma (until 3 September), vacant thereafter (starting 3 September) Manipur – K. V. Krishna Rao Meghalaya – Bhishma Narain Singh Mizoram – Hiteswar Saikia Nagaland – K. V. Krishna Rao Odisha – Bishambhar Nath Pande Punjab – Siddhartha Shankar Ray Rajasthan – Vasantdada Patil (until 15 October), vacant thereafter (starting 15 October) Sikkim – T.V. Rajeswar Tamil Nadu – Sundar Lal Khurana Tripura – K. V. Krishna Rao Uttar Pradesh – Mohammed Usman Arif West Bengal – Saiyid Nurul Hasan Events National income - 3,618,647 million January - June January – Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction set up and became operational with effect from May reflecting concerns related to Industrial Sickness and republic day 17 January - Rajiv Gandhi laid the foundation stone for Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala, Kannur. 4 February - The Goa, Daman and Diu Official Language bill passed in Goa, Daman and Diu legislative assembly bringing an end to Konkani language agitation.Rahman M. 1987-01-15 Goa pushed into a vortex of linguistic violence over Konkani language row https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19870115-goa-pushed-into-a-vortex-of-linguistic-violence-over-konkani-language-row-799806-1987-01-14 2026-02-26 India Today enVenkatesh Karthik 2017-08-05 Konkani vs Marathi: Language battles in golden Goa https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/yO371luBUKFCjhQouRcBCK/Konkani-vs-Marathi-Language-battles-in-golden-Goa.html 2026-02-26 mint en 7 March - Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first man to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket.March 7, 1987: Sunil Gavaskar becomes 1st batsman to score 10,000 Test runs in Ahmedabad https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/on-this-day-in-1987-sunil-gavaskar-becomes-1st-player-to-score-10000-test-runs-1776580-2021-03-07 2023-08-31 India Today en 19 March - 1987 Opera House heist 23 March - Controversial 1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election held. March – Magnetic ink character recognition technology introduced for cheque clearing. March - June - 1987 Meerut riots 12 April - V. P. Singh resigns as Defence Minister of India following his disclosure about kickbacks in defense deals by predecessors.Wariavwalla Bharat 1988 India in 1987: Democracy on Trial https://www.jstor.org/stable/2644813 Asian Survey 28 2 119–125 10.2307/2644813 0004-4687 subscription 2022-04-11 HT This Day: April 13, 1987 -- V. P. Singh resigns https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ht-this-day-april-13-1987-v-p-singh-resigns-101649694857800.html 2023-08-31 Hindustan Times en May - 1987 Sino-Indian skirmish the second such conflict between China and India ended. 22 May - Hashimpura massacre.2018-10-31 Hashimpura massacre: Here is what happened https://indianexpress.com/photos/picture-gallery-others/hashimpura-massacre-most-chilling-murder-in-free-india/ 2022-05-22 The Indian Express en 30 May – The Union territory was split, and Goa was elevated as India's twenty-fifth state, with Daman and Diu remaining Union Territories 4 June - Operation Poomalai by India in Jaffna. June - Minister of External Affairs N. D. Tiwari visits North Korea as part of ministerial conference of Non-Aligned Movement. July - December 15 July - Neerukonda massacre of Dalits in Andhra Pradesh. 29 July - Indo-Sri Lanka Accord to restore peace in the island signed. 30 July - Assault on Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi by a Sri Lanka Navy sailor named Vijitha Rohana during Guard of honour at Colombo.2022-07-28 HT This Day: July 31, 1987 -- Rajiv hurt in rifle-butt attack by Lanka sailor https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ht-this-day-july-31-1987-rajiv-hurt-in-rifle-butt-attack-by-lanka-sailor-101659011196941.html 2023-02-20 Hindustan Times en 4 September - Roop Kanwar case - last known incident of Sati in India, occurred at Sikar district.2001-03-26 Death By Fire by Mala Sen: The story of Roop Kanwar and other victims https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/books/story/20010326-death-by-fire-by-mala-sen-the-story-of-roop-kanwar-and-other-victims-775480-2001-03-25 2024-10-14 India Today en October – ICC Cricket World Cup (Reliance Cup 1987) 11 - 12 October - Jaffna University Helidrop by Indian Peace Keeping Force 20 November–27 November – The South Asian Games are held in Calcutta.Bell Daniel Encyclopedia of International Games 17 March 2016 McFarland 978-1-4766-1527-1 511 https://books.google.com/books?id=gjPECwAAQBAJ&pg=PA511 en 28 December - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research was established by RBI as an advanced studies institute to promote research on development issues from a multi-disciplinary point of view. Births 1 January – Neha Sharma, actress and model. 3 March – Shraddha Kapoor, actress. 31 March – Janani Iyer, actress. 18 February – Mahat Raghavendra, actor 24 April – Varun Dhawan, actor 25 April – Mallika Kapoor, actress. 28 April – Samantha Ruth Prabhu, actress. thumb|166x166px|Rohit Sharma 30 April – Rohit Sharma, cricketer. 4 May – Charmy Kaur, actress. 7 May – Sundeep Kishan, actor, producer 2 June – Santhosh Prathap, actor 13 June G. V. Prakash Kumar, film composer, singer and actor. 25 June – Anil Shetty, entrepreneur, author, activist and motivational speaker 3 July – Arjai, actor 1 August Taapsee Pannu, actress. 5 August – Genelia D'Souza, actress.thumb|150x150px|Genelia Deshmukh 6 August – Aditya Narayan, actor, singer and television host. 27 August – Jim Sarbh, actor 25 October – Umesh Yadav, cricketer. 1 November Ileana D'Cruz, actress. 20 November – Sukirti Kandpal, actress. 18 December – Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, politician, member of parliament from Srikakulam. 28 December – Diganth Manchale, actor Deaths 13 March – Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi, Islamic scholar, jurist and literary critic. (born 1910) 1 June – Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, film director, novelist, screenwriter and journalist (born 1914). thumb|125x125px|Kishore Kumar13 October – Kishore Kumar, playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter (born 1929). 27 October – Vijay Merchant, cricketer (born 1911). 24 December – M. G. Ramachandran, Actor, Politician, Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (born 1917). Full date unknown Dasaradhi, poet and political activist (born 1925). See also Bollywood films of 1987 References 1987 Category:1980s in India India Category:Years of the 20th century in India