Events in the year 1981 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
Governors
- Andhra Pradesh â K. C. Abraham
- Assam â L. P. Singh (until 10 August), Prakash Mehrotra (starting 10 August)
- Bihar â Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
- Gujarat â Sharda Mukherjee
- Haryana â Ganpatrao Devji Tapase
- Himachal Pradesh â Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan (until 26 August), A. K. Banerjee (starting 26 August)
- Jammu and Kashmir â L. K. Jha (until 22 February), B. K. Nehru (starting 22 February)
- Karnataka â Govind Narain
- Kerala â Jothi Venkatachalam
- Madhya Pradesh âÂÂ
- until 25 May: B. D. Sharma
- 25 May-9 July: G. P. Singh
- starting 9 July: B. D. Sharma
- Maharashtra â O. P. Mehra
- Manipur â L.P. Singh (until 18 August), S. M. H. Burney (starting 18 August)
- Meghalaya â L.P. Singh (until 11 August), Prakash Mehrotra (starting 11 August)
- Nagaland â L.P. Singh (until 11 August), S. M. H. Burney (starting 11 August)
- Odisha â Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha
- Punjab â Jaisukh Lal Hathi (until 26 August), Aminuddin Ahmad Khan (starting 26 August)
- Rajasthan â Raghukul Tilak (until 8 August), K. D. Sharma (starting 8 August)
- Sikkim â B. B. Lal (until 9 January), Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan (starting 10 January)
- Tamil Nadu â Sadiq Ali
- Tripura â L. P. Singh (until 18 August), S. M. H. Burney (starting 18 August)
- Uttar Pradesh â Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
- West Bengal â Tribhuvana Narayana Singh (until 12 September), Bhairab Dutt Pande (starting 12 August)
Events
Births
- 3 January â Sanggai Chanu, field hockey player.
- 28 January â Karunakaran (actor), actor and comedian.
- 25 February â Anuj Sawhney, actor and model.
- Saroo Brierley, writer
- 9 June â Celina Jaitley, actress.
- 17 June â Amrita Rao, model and actress.
- 7 July â Mahendra Singh Dhoni, cricketer.
- 3 August â Manish Paul, Indian television host, anchor and actor
- 25 August â Shiva Keshavan, luge pilot
- 30 August â Shilpa Prabhakar Satish, IAS.
- 5 September H. Vinoth, film director.
- 27 September â Lakshmipathy Balaji, cricketer.
- 7 October â Abhijeet Sawant, singer and winner of Indian Idol (season 1).
- 12 October Sneha, actress.
- 14 October â Gautam Gambhir, cricketer and politician
- 7 November Anushka Shetty, actress.
- 27 November â Vikram Pillay, field hockey player.
- 9 December â Dia Mirza, actress and model.
- 12 December - Ashok, actor.
- 12 December -Yuvraj Singh, cricketer.
Deaths
See also
References