1981 in India

none March 2022 September 2022 1981 Events in the year 1981 in the Republic of India. Incumbents President of India – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi Vice President of India – Mohammad Hidayatullah Chief Justice of India – Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud Governors Andhra Pradesh – K. C. Abraham Assam – L. P. Singh (until 10 August), Prakash Mehrotra (starting 10 August) Bihar – Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Gujarat – Sharda Mukherjee Haryana – Ganpatrao Devji Tapase Himachal Pradesh – Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan (until 26 August), A. K. Banerjee (starting 26 August) Jammu and Kashmir – L. K. Jha (until 22 February), B. K. Nehru (starting 22 February) Karnataka – Govind Narain Kerala – Jothi Venkatachalam Madhya Pradesh – until 25 May: B. D. Sharma 25 May-9 July: G. P. Singh starting 9 July: B. D. Sharma Maharashtra – O. P. Mehra Manipur – L.P. Singh (until 18 August), S. M. H. Burney (starting 18 August) Meghalaya – L.P. Singh (until 11 August), Prakash Mehrotra (starting 11 August) Nagaland – L.P. Singh (until 11 August), S. M. H. Burney (starting 11 August) Odisha – Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha Punjab – Jaisukh Lal Hathi (until 26 August), Aminuddin Ahmad Khan (starting 26 August) Rajasthan – Raghukul Tilak (until 8 August), K. D. Sharma (starting 8 August) Sikkim – B. B. Lal (until 9 January), Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan (starting 10 January) Tamil Nadu – Sadiq Ali Tripura – L. P. Singh (until 18 August), S. M. H. Burney (starting 18 August) Uttar Pradesh – Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh West Bengal – Tribhuvana Narayana Singh (until 12 September), Bhairab Dutt Pande (starting 12 August) Events National income - 1,727,755 million April 30 - Nearly 48 killed in Bihar Sharif due to communal riots between Yadavs and Muslims.Farz Ahmed May 31, 1981 Communal violence in Biharsharif leaves 48 people dead, 68 injured https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19810531-communal-violence-in-biharsharif-leaves-48-people-dead-68-injured-772908-2013-11-21 2022-09-08 India Today enAsghar Ali 1981 Biharsharif Carnage: A Field Report https://www.jstor.org/stable/4369828 Economic and Political Weekly 16 20 887–889 4369828 0012-9976 July – About 308 people die in Bangalore after drinking illicit liquor (see: 1981 Karnataka liquor deaths). Arasan Ganesan Polytechnic is founded in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu. It is a Government aided co-educational technical institute. National Aluminium Company incorporated as a public sector enterprise of the Government of India. 2 July – Infosys is founded in Pune. 4 December - Around 45 people got killed due to a stampede at Qutb Minar resulting in closure of Minaret for tourists.1981-12-05 Around the World; 45 Killed in Stampede At Monument in India en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/05/world/around-the-world-45-killed-in-stampede-at-monument-in-india.html 2022-10-04 0362-43312021-12-06 December 6, 1980, Forty Years Ago: Qutub Tragedy https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/december-6-forty-years-ago-qutub-tragedy-7657824/ 2022-10-04 The Indian Express en Births thumb|129x129px|MS Dhoni thumb|129x129px|Manish Paul 3 January – Sanggai Chanu, field hockey player. 28 January – Karunakaran (actor), actor and comedian. 25 February – Anuj Sawhney, actor and model. Saroo Brierley, writer 9 June – Celina Jaitley, actress. 17 June – Amrita Rao, model and actress. 7 July – Mahendra Singh Dhoni, cricketer. 3 August – Manish Paul, Indian television host, anchor and actor 25 August – Shiva Keshavan, luge pilot 30 August – Shilpa Prabhakar Satish, IAS. 5 September H. Vinoth, film director. 27 September – Lakshmipathy Balaji, cricketer. 7 October – Abhijeet Sawant, singer and winner of Indian Idol (season 1). 12 October Sneha, actress. 14 October – Gautam Gambhir, cricketer and politician 7 November Anushka Shetty, actress. 27 November – Vikram Pillay, field hockey player. 9 December – Dia Mirza, actress and model. 12 December - Ashok, actor. 12 December -Yuvraj Singh, cricketer. thumb|235x235px|Yuvraj Singh Deaths 3 May – Nargis, actress (born 1929). 19 June – Subhas Mukhopadhyay, Physician created World's second IVF (born 1931) 24 September – Brahmarishi Hussain Sha, seventh head of Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham and scholar (born 1905). 26 December – Savitri, actress (born 1936). 28 December – David Abraham Cheulkar, actor (born 1908). See also List of Bollywood films of 1981 1981 References India Category:Years of the 20th century in India Category:1980s in India India