1993 in India

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Events in the year 1993 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• 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

Events

• 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.
• 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.
• 30 September – The 6.2 M_w Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.
• Mulayam Singh Yadav elected chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second time.

Births

Deaths

• 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 a French-born Indian aviator and businessman who became India's first licensed pilot (birth 1904).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1993

References