1985 in India

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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

Events

• 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.
• The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act is passed by Parliament.
• The Administrative tribunals in Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and Allahabad were established by Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985.
• The Special Protection Group is created.
• Indira Gandhi National Open University is established by an Act of Indian Parliament.
• Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) is passed by parliament.
• 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

• 7 February - Tajim, Entrepreneur.
• 6 April - Jai, actor.
• 21April - Ashim Sarangi, Direct Selling Business Owner.
• 9 May - Neha Bamb, actress.
• 10 May - Sharath.N.A, architect
• 7 June - Nishi Pawar BPO
• 8 June - Bharathiraj RD Instrumentation Engineer.
• 16 June-Suhail Rahim,Finance Analyst
• 19 June - Kajal Aggarwal, actress.
• 31 July-Arivazhagan AC,Engineer
• 4 September - Meesam Hyder, Internet Marketing Expert & Entrepreneur.
• 4 September - Ramya Jayaprakasam, Great scholar & Intelligent.
• 5 September - Maanvi Gagroo, actress.
• 11 November - Robin Uthappa, cricketer.
• 12 August - Kalyan Kumar, great engineer

Deaths

• 6 November - Sanjeev Kumar, actor (b.1938).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1985

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