1994 in India

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.
• Parliament of India passes resolution that declares Kashmir as an integral part of India.
• 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.
• 7 October - Anti-Urdu news bulletin riots cause 25 deaths in Bangalore.
• 19 November – Aishwarya Rai was crowned Miss World 1994 in Sun City, South Africa.
• 25 November - Koothuparamba firing in Kerala
• 30 November - Nambi Narayanan arrested in connection with ISRO espionage case.
• 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.
• 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
• 8 August – Mirabai Chanu, weightlifter
• 3 November – Sanusha, actress
• 11 November - Sanju Samson, cricketer
• 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

References