1994 in India explained

Events in the year 1994 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• President of India – Shankar Dayal Sharma
• Prime Minister of India – P. V. Narasimha Rao
• Vice President of India – K. R. Narayanan
• Chief Justice of India – Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah until 24 October, Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi

Governors

• • • • Andhra Pradesh – Krishan Kant Arunachal Pradesh – Mata Prasad Assam – Loknath Mishra Bihar – Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
• Goa –
  • • • • • until 3 April: Bhanu Prakash Singh 4 April-3 August: B. Rachaiah starting 3 August: Gopala Ramanujam
• Gujarat – Sarup Singh
  • Haryana – Dhanik Lal Mandal Himachal Pradesh – Sudhakarrao Naik (starting 30 July)
    • Jammu and Kashmir – K. V. Krishna Rao Karnataka – Khurshed Alam Khan Kerala – B. Rachaiah
    • Madhya Pradesh – Mohammad Shafi Qureshi Maharashtra – P.C. Alexander Manipur – V. K. Nayar (until 22 December), O. N. Shrivastava (starting 23 December)
• Meghalaya – Madhukar Dighe
  • Mizoram – P. R. Kyndiah Nagaland – V. K. Nayar (until 4 August), O. N. Shrivastava (starting 4 August)
• Odisha – B. Satya Narayan Reddy
• Punjab –
  • • • until 9 July: Surendra Nath 9 July-18 September: Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar
  • starting 18 September: Bakshi Krishan Nath Chhibber
• Rajasthan – Bali Ram Bhagat
• Sikkim – Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani (until 20 September), P. Shiv Shankar (starting 20 September)
  • • Tamil Nadu – Marri Chenna Reddy Tripura – Romesh Bhandari Uttar Pradesh – Motilal Vora
• West Bengal – K. V. Raghunatha Reddy

Events

• National income - 10,275,701 million
• 26 January – India rolls out the short-range Prithvi missile at Republic Day Parade in New Delhi.
  • 27 January - Kupwara massacre 22 February - Encounter killing of five youth including an All Assam Students' Union worker in Dangari by Indian Army.^[1]
• Parliament of India passes resolution that declares Jammu and Kashmir as an integral part of India.^[2]
• 11 March - S. R. Bommai v. Union of India verdict by Supreme Court of India.
• 20 May – Sushmita Sen was crowned Miss Universe 1994 in Manila, Philippines.
• 26 August - Plague breakout in India from Surat.^[3]
• 7 October - Anti-Urdu news bulletin riots cause 25 deaths in Bangalore.^{[4] [5]}
• 19 November – Aishwarya Rai was crowned Miss World 1994 in Sun City, South Africa.^[6]
• 25 November - Koothuparamba firing in Kerala
• 30 November - Nambi Narayanan arrested in connection with ISRO espionage case.^[7]
• 5 December - G. Krishnaiah IAS, District magistrate of Gopalganj district, India lynched to death by a mob which was instigated by politician Anand Mohan Singh.^[8]
• 13 December - Janata Dal emerged victorious in 1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election.

Law

• Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994
• Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994
• Airports Authority of India Act 1994

Births

• 08 January - Ankit Boora, Model Actor Athlete
• 18 Feb Sneh Rana, cricketer
• 25 Feb Urvashi Rautela, actress
• 26 Feb - Bajrang Punia, Olympic medalist
• 13 March – Mohammed Siraj, cricketer

• 13 June – Deepika Kumari, archer^[9]
• 8 August – Mirabai Chanu, weightlifter
• 3 November – Sanusha, actress
• 11 November - Sanju Samson, cricketer^[10]
• 20 November Priyanka Arul Mohan, actress.
• 6 December – Shreyas Iyer, cricketer
• 14 December – Kuldeep Yadav, cricketer
• 20 December – Nazriya Nazim, anchor, model and actress
• 21 December Athulya Ravi, actress.
• 22 December Michael Dabhi, Politician

Deaths

• 4 January – Rahul Dev Burman, music director.
• 8 January - Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati Shankaracharya, 99, 68th guru of Kanchi Mutt (born 1894).
• 9 June – Dhirendra Brahmachari, Yoga guru and mentor of Indira Gandhi (born 1924).
• 22 June – L. V. Prasad, actor, producer and director (born 1908).
• 11 November - Kuvempu, poet, writer and playwright (born 1904).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1994

Notes and References

1. News: Karmakar . Rahul . 2018-10-14 . 1994 Assam fake encounter: Major General, six others get life term . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-09-04 . 0971-751X.
2. Web site: India bound by 1994 Parliament resolution to reclaim PoK: J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha . 2023-09-04 . The New Indian Express.
3. Web site: Basu . Mohana . 2020-03-14 . 1994 Surat plague has many lessons for India on how to beat coronavirus . 2022-09-14 . ThePrint . en-US.
4. Web site: urdu news broadcast triggers 3day riot in which 23 die in bangalore . 2023-12-17 . ucanews.com . en.
5. Web site: Urdu news bulletin on Bangalore Doordarshan sparks off riots . 2023-12-17 . India Today . en.
6. Web site: 2021-11-19 . Watch Aishwarya Rai tear up during Miss World 1994 crowning, speak of looking beyond nationalities in winning answer . 2022-09-14 . Hindustan Times . en.
7. News: Kumar . S. Vijay . 2022-07-31 . Scientists deserve immunity from arbitrary police action: Nambi Narayanan . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-09-14 . 0971-751X.
8. Web site: Inspiring success story of Gopalganj district magistrate G. Krishnaiah . 2023-04-25 . India Today . en.
9. Web site: 20 November 2016. Deepika KUMARI - Olympic Archery India. 23 April 2019. International Olympic Committee. en.
10. Web site: Sanju Samson. 2021-01-18. Cricinfo.