Events in the year 1993 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents President of India – Shankar Dayal Sharma Prime Minister of India – P. V. Narasimha Rao Vice President of India – K. R. Narayanan Chief Justice of India – Lalit Mohan Sharma until 11 February, Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah
Governors Andhra Pradesh – Krishan Kant Arunachal Pradesh – Surendranath Dwivedy (until 4 July), Madhukar Dighe (4 July-20 October), Mata Prasad (starting 20 October) Assam – Loknath Mishra Bihar – Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (until 13 August), Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (starting 13 August) Goa – Bhanu Prakash Singh Gujarat – Sarup Singh Haryana – Dhanik Lal Mandal Himachal Pradesh – until 29 January: Virendra Verma 11 February-29 June: Bali Ram Bhagat starting 11 February: Gulsher Ahmad Jammu and Kashmir – Girish Chandra Saxena (until 12 March), K. V. Krishna Rao (starting 12 March) Karnataka – Khurshed Alam Khan Kerala – B. Rachaiah Madhya Pradesh – M. A. Khan (until 23 June), Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (starting 23 June) Maharashtra – C. Subramaniam (until 9 January), P.C. Alexander (starting 12 January) Manipur – until 19 March: Chintamani Panigrahi 20 March-30 August: K. V. Raghunatha Reddy starting 31 August: V. K. Nayar Meghalaya – Madhukar Dighe Mizoram – Swaraj Kaushal (until 9 February), P. R. Kyndiah (starting 9 February) Nagaland – Loknath Mishra (until 1 October), V. K. Nayar (starting 1 October) Odisha – until 1 February: Yagya Dutt Sharma 1 February-31 May: Saiyid Nurul Hasan starting 1 June: B. Satya Narayan Reddy Punjab – Surendra Nath Rajasthan – until 31 May: Marri Chenna Reddy 31 May-30 June: Dhanik Lal Mandal starting 30 June: Bali Ram Bhagat Sikkim – Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani Tamil Nadu – Bhishma Narain Singh (until 30 May), Marri Chenna Reddy (starting 31 May) Tripura – K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (until 14 August), Romesh Bhandari (starting 14 August) Uttar Pradesh – B. Satya Narayan Reddy (until 25 May), Motilal Vora (starting 25 May) West Bengal – until 12 July: Saiyid Nurul Hasan 12 July-14 August: B. Satyanarayan Reddy starting 14 August: K. V. Raghunatha Reddy
Events National income - 8,759,924 million 9 March – The All Parties Hurriyat Conference is formed in Kashmir. 12 March – 1993 Mumbai blasts: A series of bomb blasts, thought to be planted by underworld figures, rock the country's commercial capital of Bombay, killing some 260 people. 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 and this incident is known as Palar blast. 14 April – Sun TV, a Tamil language television station, as first regular broadcasting service to start in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. 10 May - Impeachment motion against Justice V. Ramaswami failed in Lok Sabha. 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. 3 June - Chief minister of Kerala K. Karunakaran gravely injured following a road accident. 21 July - 1993 Kolkata firing 29 July - Disappearance of Chekannur Maulavi a reformist. He was allegedly kidnapped and killed and is considered as first act of Islamic terrorism in Malabar Coast post independence. 30 September – The 6.2 Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000. 5 December -Mulayam Singh Yadav elected chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second time.
Law Supreme Court recognised a fundamental right to primary education in the right to life under article 21.
Births 6 January – Pawan Negi, cricketer. 11 March Manjima Mohan, actress 15 March Alia Bhatt, actress and model. 11 May - Chitra Shukla, actress 25 May - Rahul Yadav, chartered accountant. 1 April Sri Divya, actress. 2 May Gayathrie Shankar, actress. 1 June - Rajat Patidar, cricketer 26 June - Shivam Dube, cricketer 27 June - Prajakta Koli, YouTuber 25 July Pradeep Ranganathan, film director and actor. 4 August Malavika Mohanan, actress 17 August Nidhi Agerwal, actress 3 October – K. S. Bharat, cricketer 11 October – Hardik Pandya, cricketer 12 October – Mukesh Kumar, cricketer 13 October – Hanuma Vihari, cricketer 30 October – Aditi Rathore, Indian television actress 6 December – Jasprit Bumrah, cricketer 16 December – Kalidas Jayaram, actor
Deaths 5 April – Divya Bharti, actress (born 1974). 9 June – Satyen Bose, film director (born 1916). 12 June – Binay Ranjan Sen, diplomat, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (born 1898). 3 August – Chinmayananda, spiritual leader (born 1916). 19 August – Utpal Dutt, actor, director and writer (born 1929). 7 November - Kirupanandha Variyar, spiritual teacher (born 1906). 29 November – J. R. D. Tata, French-born Indian aviator and businessman who became India's first licensed pilot (born 1904).
Full date unknown Arun Joshi, novelist (born 1939).
See also Bollywood films of 1993
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