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Events in the year 1984 in the Republic of India.

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Events
Assassination of Indira Gandhi: Indira Gandhi's blood-stained saree and her belongings at the time of her assassination, preserved at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum in New Delhi.
  • 5 March – Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi orders Operation Blue Star.
  • 2 April – Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma is launched into space, aboard the Soyuz T-11.
  • 13 April – India launches Operation Meghdoot, as most of the Siachen Glacier in Kashmir comes under Indian control.
  • 1 June – The Indian government begins Operation Blue Star.
  • 4 June – Indian troops storm the Golden Temple at Amritsar, the Sikhs' holiest shrine.
  • 31 October – Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by her two Sikh security guards. Her son Rajiv Gandhi succeeds her as Prime Minister.
  • 31 October – 3 November An estimated 2,700-10,000 Sikhs killed during the anti-Sikh riots in Delhi and other areas; mobs loot and damage several Sikh homes, businesses and Gurdwaras in response to the assassination of Indira Gandhi.
  • 31 October – Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel – The Iron Man of India. He was the one man who got 550 states and territories to form the united Republic of India.
  • 3 December – Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, kills more than 2,000 people outright and injures anywhere from 15,000 to 22,000 others (some 6,000 of whom later die from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.
  • 24 May - Kasargod district formed in Kerala.
  • Thakazhi shivashankara pillai got Jnanpith Award.
  • India government issued postal stamp of freedom fighter Mangal Pande.
  • Silent valley declared as National Park by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
  • The first 3-D film in India My dear kuttichathan was released.
  • PT Usha enters Olympics final in Los Angeles.
  • Shiny Abraham enters Olympics semi final in Los Angeles.
  • Bachendri pal – The first women Everest climber of India reached the summit of Everest.
  • India's first metro- Kolkata metro started.
  • Rajiv Gandhi become India's new prime Minister.
  • Operation woodrose by Indian Army.
  • Violence against sikh in Delhi.

Arts and literature

Births

Full date unknown

Deaths

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  • Gopi Krishna, yogi, mystic, teacher, social reformer and writer (born 1903).

See also
  • Bollywood films of 1984
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