1993 in India
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Events in the year 1993 in the Republic of India
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India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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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...
– Shankar Dayal SharmaShankar Dayal SharmaShankar Dayal Sharma was the ninth President of India serving from 1992 to 1997. Prior to his presidency, Dr Sharma had been the eighth Vice President of India, serving under President Ramaswamy Venkataraman... - 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...
– P. V. Narasimha RaoP. V. Narasimha RaoPamulaparti Venkata "Narasimha Rao" was the ninth Prime Minister of India . He led an important administration, overseeing a major economic transformation and several home incidents affecting national security of India. Rao accelerated the dismantling of the Licence Raj. He is often referred to as...
Events
- 9 March - The All Parties Hurriyat ConferenceAll Parties Hurriyat ConferenceThe All Parties Hurriyat Conference is a political front formed as an alliance of 26 political, social and religious organizations in Kashmir. It was formed achieving the right of self-determination according to United Nations Security Council Resolution 47...
is formed in KashmirKashmirKashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range...
. - 12 March - A series of bomb blasts, thought to be planted by Muslim underworld figures, rock the country's commercial capital of BombayMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, killing some 260 people. (See 1993 Mumbai bombings1993 Mumbai bombingsThe 1993 Bombay bombings were a series of 13 bomb explosions that took place in Bombay , Maharashtra, India on Friday, 12 March 1993. The coordinated attacks were the most destructive bomb explosions in Indian history...
.) - 30 September – An earthquake centered in KillariKillariThe Latur earthquake struck India at 03:56 local time on September 30, 1993. The main area affected was the Maharashtra State in Western India. The earthquake primarily affected the districts of Latur and Osmanabad including Ausa block of Latur and Umerga of Osmanabd. Total 52 villages were...
, MaharashtraMaharashtraMaharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
, kills over 10,000. - Mulayam Singh YadavMulayam Singh YadavMulayam Singh Yadav in Hindi मुलायम सिंह यादव is an Indian politician and has influence mainly in Uttar Pradesh state of India...
elected chief minister of Uttar PradeshUttar PradeshUttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
for the second time.
Deaths
- 3 August - ChinmayanandaChinmayanandaSwami Chinmayananda , born Balakrishna Menon , was a Hindu Indian spiritual leader, and teacher, who inspired the formation of Chinmaya Mission in 1953 to spread the message of Vedanta...
, spiritual leader (b.19161916 in India-Events:* The Hindus leading the Indian National Congress Party hammer out an alliance - the Lucknow Pact - with India's Muslim League.-Births:*13 February - Jagjit Singh Aurora, military commander ....
). - 19 August - Utpal DuttUtpal DuttUtpal Dutt was an Indian actor, director, and writer-playwright. He was primarily an actor in Bengali Theatre, where he became a pioneering figure in Modern Indian theatre, when he founded the 'Little Theater Group' in 1947, which enacted many English, Shakespearean and Brecht plays, in a period...
, actor, director and writer (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....
). - 5 April - Divya BhartiDivya BhartiDivya Bharti was an Indian film actress. She started her career in the South film industry with the 1990 Telugu film Bobbili Raja. After several other hits in the South, she entered Hindi films with Vishwatma in 1992, for which she earned accolades for her performance in the song Saat Samundar Paar...
, actress (b.19741974 in India-Incumbents:* President of India – V. V. Giri until August 24, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed* Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi-Events:*January to May smallpox epidemic...
). - 25 Dec - Shri Shankar lal Pawar Teacher in Betul(b.1931 in india1931 in IndiaEvents in the year 1931 in India.-Events:*25 January - Mohandas Gandhi released again.*10 February - New Delhi becomes the capital of India.*4 March - British viceroy of India and Mohandas Gandhi negotiate....
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- Arun JoshiArun JoshiArun Joshi was an Indian writer of English. He is known for his extraordinary novels The Strange Case of Billy Biswas and The Apprentice...
, novelist (b.19391939 in IndiaEvents in the year 1939 in India.-Events:*3 March - In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest of the autocratic rule in India.*3 May - The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose....
). - Ram Nath KakRam Nath KakRam Nath Kak was a Kashmiri veterinarian whose autobiography Autumn Leaves is one of the most vivid portraits of life in 20th century Kashmir and has become a sort of a classic...
, veterinarianVeterinarianA veterinary physician, colloquially called a vet, shortened from veterinarian or veterinary surgeon , is a professional who treats disease, disorder and injury in animals....
and writer (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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See also
- Bollywood films of 1993Bollywood films of 1993A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1993.-Highest grossing:The top ten grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1993.-1993:-External links:* at the Internet Movie Database...