Events in the year 1995 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 – Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi
Governors Andhra Pradesh – Krishan Kant Arunachal Pradesh – Mata Prasad Assam – Loknath Mishra Bihar – Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Goa – Gopala Ramanujam (until 15 June), Romesh Bhandari (starting 16 June) Gujarat – Sarup Singh (until 1 July), Naresh Chandra (starting 1 July) Haryana – Dhanik Lal Mandal (starting 13 June), Mahabir Prasad (starting 14 June) Himachal Pradesh –** until 17 September: Sudhakarrao Naik 17 September-16 November: Mahabir Prasad starting 16 November: Sheila Kaul Jammu and Kashmir – K. V. Krishna Rao Karnataka – Khurshed Alam Khan Kerala – B. Rachaiah (until 9 November), P. Shiv Shankar (starting 9 November) Madhya Pradesh – Mohammad Shafi Qureshi Maharashtra – P.C. Alexander Manipur – O. N. Shrivastava Meghalaya – Madhukar Dighe (until 18 June), M. M. Jacob (starting 18 June) Mizoram – P. R. Kyndiah Nagaland – O. N. Shrivastava Odisha – B. Satya Narayan Reddy (until 17 June), Gopala Ramanujam (starting 17 June) Punjab – Bakshi Krishan Nath Chhibber Rajasthan – Bali Ram Bhagat Sikkim – P. Shiv Shankar (until 11 November), K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (starting 11 November) Tamil Nadu – Marri Chenna Reddy Tripura – Romesh Bhandari (until 15 June), Siddheswar Prasad (starting 15 June) Uttar Pradesh – Motilal Vora West Bengal – K. V. Raghunatha Reddy
Events National income - 12,055,827 million 1 January - India joins the World Trade Organization (WTO) which has replaced GATT. 5 March – Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited founded. 27 April - Gangster Auto Shankar hanged to death in Central Prison, Salem, Tamil Nadu. 2 July - Tandoor Murder of Delhi took place. 14 August – Internet is officially launched by VSNL. 31 August – Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh is assassinated. 21 September – Reports of the Hindu milk miracle surface. 20 October – Hindi movie Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge released the longest running Hindi movie. November Bombay renames as Mumbai Hindi song Q-Funk becomes one of the biggest hit remix songs. 17 December – Purulia arms drop case 18 December–26 December – The South Asian Games take place in Madras. 23 December – Nearly 425 people die when a blaze rips through a school prize-giving ceremony in the northern town of Dabwali in Haryana state, near the Indian capital.
Dates unknown
Hajj pilgrimage through sea routes from India stopped following the ageing of vessel MV Akbari. Births 25 January – Mandeep Singh, field hockey player 5 March – Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, actress 10 March – Bipin Singh, footballer 26 March – Anshuman Joshi, actor 29 April – K. Maneesha, badminton player 5 May – Alen Deory, footballer. 10 May Mirnalini Ravi, actress. 6 June – Sadi Jalali, soccer player 8 June – Jacob Lalrawngbawla, footballer 9 June – PU Chitra, track and field athlete 16 June – Sheena Bajaj, actress known as Dolly from Best of Luck Nikki 5 July – Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, badminton player 7 July – Anamika Choudhari, singer 22 July – Armaan Malik, singer 12 August Sara Ali Khan, actress 21 August – Anu Sithara, Actress 28 August – Viraat Badhwar, Australian amateur golfer 7 September – Sahaj Grover, chess player 9 September – Rahul Kumar, actor 10 September Aparna Das, actress. 11 September Aparna Balamurali, actress. 11 September Samyuktha Menon, actress. 15 October – Niveda Thomas, actress 26 October Megha Akash, actress 5 November Mehreen Pirzada, actress 19 November – Tara Sutaria, actress, dancer, singer and TV host 22 December – Shivam Sai Gupta, visual effect producer and game developer 28 December – J. Meghana, badminton player
Deaths 10 April – Morarji Desai, independence activist and 4th Prime Minister of India (born 1896). 21 August – Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, astrophysicist and joint Nobel Prize in Physics winner (born 1910).
See also Bollywood films of 1995
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