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Events in the year 1985 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents[]

  • President of India – Zail Singh
  • Prime Minister of India – Rajiv Gandhi
  • Chief Justice of India – Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud (until 11 July), Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati

Governors[]

Events[]

  • 16 January - Coomar Narain an employee of SLM Maneklal Industries and certain personal staff of Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India were arrested in connection with leaking of classified documents to foreign agents under Official Secrets Act (India).[1]
  • 10 March - India won the first World Championship of Cricket held at Australia by defeating Pakistan in the final.[2]
  • 30 March - The Special Protection Group is created
  • 10 April – Chakravarty Committee was set up by the RBI to review the working of monetary system. Its recommendations had far reaching consequences eventually removing India from the 500-year-old silver standard
  • 24 May - Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act is came into effect after presidential assent.
  • 23 June – Air India Flight 182, a Boeing 747, blows up 31,000 feet (9,500 m) above the Atlantic Ocean, south of Ireland, killing all 329 aboard.
  • 2 September - Indira Gandhi National Open University is established by an Act of Indian Parliament.
  • 14 November - The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act is passed by Parliament came into force.
  • By mid-1985, the statutory preemption on banks' resources in the form of the Statutory Liquidity Ratio and the Cash Reserve Ratio exceeded 45%.
  • The Administrative tribunals in Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and Allahabad were established by Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985.
  • Texas Instruments, a multinational corporation, starts its India operations in Bangalore and helps create infrastructure to export software via satellite communications from India for the first time.

Births[]

Annies Kanmani Joy
Durga Shakti Nagpal
  • 22 February – Bombayla Devi Laishram, archer.[3]
  • 5 March - Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, actress
  • Parthiv Patel
    9 March - Parthiv Patel, cricketer[4]
  • 26 March – Kedar Jadhav, Cricketer.
  • 6 April – Jai, actor.
  • 23 April – Annies Kanmani Joy, IAS.
  • 9 May – Neha Bamb, actress.
  • 15 May – Tathagata Mukherjee, actor.
  • Dinesh Karthik
    1 June – Dinesh Karthik, cricketer.
  • Kajal Aggarwal
    19 June – Kajal Aggarwal, actress.
  • 25 June – Durga Shakti Nagpal, Indian bureaucrat.
  • 23 September – Ambati Rayudu, cricketer.
  • 26 October – Asin Thottumkal, actress.
  • 1 November – Anand Ambani, Business Magnet.
  • Diana Penty
    2 November – Diana Penty, actress.
  • 11 November – Robin Uthappa, cricketer.
  • Shikhar Dhawan
    5 December – Shikhar Dhawan, cricketer.

Deaths[]

  • 31 October – Hardit Malik, diplomat, civil servant and cricketer (born 1894)
  • 6 November – Sanjeev Kumar, actor (born 1938).

See also[]

  • Bollywood films of 1985

References[]

  1. ^ Bobb, Dilip (15 February 1985). "Spy scandal: India's security breach appears to have reached frightening levels". India Today. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket, Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket 1984/85 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Bombayla Devi LAISHRAM - Olympic Archery | India". International Olympic Committee. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Parthiv Patel". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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