1987 in India
Encyclopedia
Incumbents
- President of IndiaPresident of IndiaThe President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary...
– Zail SinghZail SinghGiani Zail Singh was an Indian politician and member of the Congress Party. He served as the seventh President of India.His term was marked by Operation Blue Star, the assassination of Indira Gandhi, and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. He died of injuries in 1994 after a car accident.-Early Life:He...
until July 25, R. VenkataramanR. VenkataramanRamaswamy Venkataraman was an Indian lawyer, Indian independence activist and politician who served as a Union minister and as the eighth President of India.... - Prime Minister of IndiaPrime Minister of IndiaThe Prime Minister of India , as addressed to in the Constitution of India — Prime Minister for the Union, is the chief of government, head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament...
– Rajiv GandhiRajiv GandhiRajiv Ratna Gandhi was the sixth Prime Minister of India . He took office after his mother's assassination on 31 October 1984; he himself was assassinated on 21 May 1991. He became the youngest Prime Minister of India when he took office at the age of 40.Rajiv Gandhi was the elder son of Indira...
Events
- 1987 Sino-Indian skirmish1987 Sino-Indian skirmishThe 1987 Sino-Indian skirmish was the third military conflict between the Chinese army and Indian army that occurred at Sumdorong Chu Valley, with the previous one taking place almost a quarter of a century earlier.-Events leading up the near war:...
the second such conflict between China and India. - 30 May - The Union TerritoryUnion TerritoryA Union Territory is a sub-national administrative division of India, in the federal framework of governance. Unlike the states of India, which have their own elected governments, union territories are ruled directly by the federal government; the President of India appoints an Administrator or...
was split, and GoaGoaGoa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
was elevated as India's twenty-fifth state, with Daman and Diu remaining Union Territories
January to June
- 1 January - Neha SharmaNeha SharmaNeha Sharma is an Indian film actress. A native of Bihar, Sharma attended the Mount Carmel School in Bhagalpur and pursued her fashion designing course from National Institute of Fashion technology , New Delhi....
, actress and model. - 20 March - Kangana Ranaut, actress.
- 25 April - Mallika KapoorMallika KapoorMallika Kapoor is an Indian film actress, working in the South Indian film industries.-Biography:Kapoor was raised in a middle-class Punjabi family. Her father works in the merchant navy and her mother is a housewife.-Career:...
, actress. - 17 May - Charmy Kaur, actress.
- 15 January - [Ajay Kumar], Lkd
- 7 June - [Neil D'souza], Entrepreneur
- 12 June - [Ashwin Aryan], Musician
- 30 June - [Adithya Mallya], Market Consultant
July to December
- 5 August - Genelia D'SouzaGenelia D'SouzaGenelia D'Souza is an Indian actress, model, and host. She has appeared in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam language films. After gaining wide attention in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan, D'Souza began her acting career with Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003...
, actress. - 6 August - Aditya NarayanAditya NarayanAditya Narayan Jha , born 6 August 1987, in Mumbai, India, commonly known as Aditya Narayan, is an actor, television host and music composer. He is the only child of Indian playback singer Udit Narayan and Deepa Narayan.-Early life:...
, actor, singer and television host. - 19 August - Ileana D'CruzIleana D'CruzIleana D'Cruz is an Indian film actress, who predominantly appears in Telugu cinema. Starting her career as a model, she made her feature film debut in Y.V.S. Chowdhary's 2006 Telugu film Devadasu...
, actress. - 20 November - Sukirti KandpalSukirti KandpalSukirti Kandpal is an Indian TV actress. She is very popular for her role as ‘Dr. Riddhima Gupta’ in the Television series ‘Dill Mill Gayye’ opposite Karan Singh Grover and also for essaying the lead character of ‘Piya’ in the recent TV series Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani on STAR One.- Early life...
, actress.
Deaths
- 1 June - Khwaja Ahmad AbbasKhwaja Ahmad AbbasKhwaja Ahmad Abbas , popularly known as K. A. Abbas, was an Indian film director, novelist, screenwriter, and a journalist in the Urdu, Hindi and English languages...
, film director, novelist, screenwriterScreenwriterScreenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and journalistJournalistA journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
(b.19141914 in India-Events:* Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi returns to India from South Africa to spearhead the Indian independence movement.* In August India as the British colony sends troops to Europe to participate as the British fighting partner in World War I against Germany. This force was a part of the British...
). - 13 October - Kishore KumarKishore KumarKishore Kumar , born Abhas Kumar Ganguly, was an Indian film playback singer and an actor who also worked as lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.Kishore Kumar was one of India's greatest performers of the late 20th century...
, playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter (b.19291929 in India-Events:* 29 December - All India Congress in Lahore demands Indian independence.** The radical nationalists, led by Jawaharlal Nehru, push through the National Congress a resolution calling for virtual independence within a year....
). - 27 October - Vijay MerchantVijay MerchantVijaysingh Madhavji Merchant , real name Vijay Madhavji Thakersey was an Indian cricketer. A right-hand batter and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler, Merchant played first class cricket for Mumbai cricket team as well as 10 Test matches for India between 1929 and 1951...
, cricketer (b.19111911 in IndiaEvents in the year 1911 in India.-Events:*18 February - Henry Piquet, flying a Humber biplane, carried mail from Allahabad to Naini junction which was the first flight in India....
). - 17 November - AkhandanandAkhandanand- Birth :Anantshri Swami Akhandanandji Saraswati , was an exponent of Bhagavata Purana and a scholar of diverse spiritual traditions including Vedanta, Bhakti, and associated Shastras...
, exponent of Shrimad Bhagvata and scholar (b.19111911 in IndiaEvents in the year 1911 in India.-Events:*18 February - Henry Piquet, flying a Humber biplane, carried mail from Allahabad to Naini junction which was the first flight in India....
). - 24 December - M. G. RamachandranM. G. RamachandranMaruthur Gopalan Ramachandran , popularly known by his initials , was an Indian film actor, director, producer and politician....
, actor, Chief MinisterChief MinisterA Chief Minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national state, provinces of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, notably a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British Overseas Territory that has attained self-government...
of Tamil NaduTamil NaduTamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
(b.19171917 in India-Events:*20 August - The secretary of state for India makes the announcement that British policy in India calls for the gradual development of self-governing institutions and the progressive realization of responsible government.-Births:...
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- DasaradhiDasaradhiDasaradhi Krishnamacharyulu mononymously known as Dasaradhi was an Indian poet and political activist. He was a great pundit in the Telugu, Sanskrit, and Tamil languages and puranas .-Early life:...
, poetPoetA poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and political activist (b.19251925 in India-Events:*3 February - The first ever electric train of India completes its journey from Victoria Terminus to Kurla.*26 December - Communist Party of India is founded at Kanpur.-Births:*8 May - G. S. Amur, writer and critic....
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