1993 in India
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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1993 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents[edit]
- President of India – Shankar Dayal Sharma[1]
- Prime Minister of India – P. V. Narasimha Rao
- Chief Justice of India – Lalit Mohan Sharma until 11 February, Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah
Governors[edit]
- Andhra Pradesh –
- Arunachal Pradesh – Surendranath Dwivedy (until 4 July), Madhukar Dighe (4 July-20 October), Mata Prasad (starting 20 October)
- Assam –
- Bihar –
- Goa –
- Gujarat –
- Haryana –
- Himachal Pradesh –
- Jammu and Kashmir –
- Karnataka –
- Kerala –
- Madhya Pradesh –
- Maharashtra –
- Manipur –
- Meghalaya –
- Mizoram –
- Nagaland –
- Odisha –
- Punjab –
- Rajasthan –
- Sikkim –
- Tamil Nadu –
- Tripura –
- Uttar Pradesh –
- West Bengal –
Events[edit]
- 9 March – The All Parties Hurriyat Conference is formed in Kashmir.
- 12 March – A series of bomb blasts, thought to be planted by underworld figures, rock the country's commercial capital of Bombay, killing some 260 people. (See 1993 Mumbai bombings.)[2]
- 9 April – Veerappan Gang Trapped and blew a Tamil Nadu bus carrying police, forest officials and civilians, using a landmine, which killed 22 civilians and police[11] and this incident is known as Palar blast.[3]
- 14 April – Sun TV, a Tamil language television station, as first regular broadcasting service to start in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.[citation needed]
- 24 May : Veerappan and His gang Killed 6 policemen K.M.Uthappa, Prabhakara, Poovaiah, Machaiah, Swamy and Narasappa of STF commander Gopal Hosur's party and injured the police commander near Rangaswamy vaddu, M.M.Hills, Karnataka.
- 3 June - Chief minister of Kerala K. Karunakarangravely injured following a road accident.
- 30 September – The 6.2 Mw Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.
- 5th December -Mulayam Singh Yadav elected chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second time.
Births[edit]
January[edit]
- 6 January – Pawan Negi, cricketer
- 31 January – Khusi Ravi, actress
- 21 January- Akshay Hansgota, businessman
- 25 January- Anirudh Shivanna , Businessman
- 23 April - Akrit Jaswal, Indian child surgeon
- 25 May - Rahul Yadav, chartered accountant
- 26 June - Shivam Dube, cricketer[4]
- 11 October – Hardik Pandya, cricketer
- 13 October – Hanuma Vihari, cricketer
- 30 October – Aditi Rathore, Indian television actress
- 31 October – Avneet Punia, IAS
- 21 December – Jasprit Bumrah, cricketer
Deaths[edit]
- 5 April – Divya Bharti, actress (born 1974)
- 3 August – Chinmayananda, spiritual leader (born 1916)
- 19 August – Utpal Dutt, actor, director and writer (born 1929)
- 29 November – J. R. D. Tata, French-born Indian aviator and businessman who became India's first licensed pilot (born 1904)
Full date unknown[edit]
- Arun Joshi, novelist (born 1939)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Pace, Eric. "Shankar Dayal Sharma, 81, Former President of India".
- ↑ "The 1993 Mumbai Blasts: What Exactly Happened on March 12 That Year".
- ↑ "Why Veerappan planned the Palar blast". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Shivam Dube". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2020.