Events in the year 1987 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents President of India – Zail Singh until 25 July, R. Venkataraman Prime Minister of India – Rajiv Gandhi Vice President of India – R. Venkataraman until 24 July, Shankar Dayal Sharma Chief Justice of India – Raghunandan Swarup Pathak
Governors Andhra Pradesh – Kumud Ben Joshi Arunachal Pradesh – 20 February-18 March: Bhishma Narain Singh starting 18 March: R. D. Pradhan Assam – Bhishma Narain Singh Bihar – P. Venkatasubbaiah Goa – Gopal Singh (starting 30 May) Gujarat – Ram Krishna Trivedi Haryana – Saiyid Muzaffar Husain Burney Himachal Pradesh – R. K. S. Ghandhi Jammu and Kashmir – Jagmohan Malhotra Karnataka – Ashoknath Banerji (until 26 February), Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah (starting 26 February) Kerala – P. Ramachandran Madhya Pradesh – until 30 November: K.M Chandy 30 November-29 December: Narayan Dutta Ojha starting 29 December: K.M Chandy Maharashtra – Shankar Dayal Sharma (until 3 September), vacant thereafter (starting 3 September) Manipur – K. V. Krishna Rao Meghalaya – Bhishma Narain Singh Mizoram – Hiteswar Saikia Nagaland – K. V. Krishna Rao Odisha – Bishambhar Nath Pande Punjab – Siddhartha Shankar Ray Rajasthan – Vasantdada Patil (until 15 October), vacant thereafter (starting 15 October) Sikkim – T.V. Rajeswar Tamil Nadu – Sundar Lal Khurana Tripura – K. V. Krishna Rao Uttar Pradesh – Mohammed Usman Arif West Bengal – Saiyid Nurul Hasan
Events National income - 3,618,647 million
January - June January – Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction set up and became operational with effect from May reflecting concerns related to Industrial Sickness and republic day 17 January - Rajiv Gandhi laid the foundation stone for Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala, Kannur. 4 February - The Goa, Daman and Diu Official Language bill passed in Goa, Daman and Diu legislative assembly bringing an end to Konkani language agitation. 7 March - Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first man to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket. 19 March - 1987 Opera House heist 23 March - Controversial 1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election held. March – Magnetic ink character recognition technology introduced for cheque clearing. March - June - 1987 Meerut riots 12 April - V. P. Singh resigns as Defence Minister of India following his disclosure about kickbacks in defense deals by predecessors. May - 1987 Sino-Indian skirmish the second such conflict between China and India ended. 22 May - Hashimpura massacre. 30 May – The Union territory was split, and Goa was elevated as India's twenty-fifth state, with Daman and Diu remaining Union Territories 4 June - Operation Poomalai by India in Jaffna. June - Minister of External Affairs N. D. Tiwari visits North Korea as part of ministerial conference of Non-Aligned Movement.
July - December 15 July - Neerukonda massacre of Dalits in Andhra Pradesh. 29 July - Indo-Sri Lanka Accord to restore peace in the island signed. 30 July - Assault on Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi by a Sri Lanka Navy sailor named Vijitha Rohana during Guard of honour at Colombo.
4 September - Roop Kanwar case - last known incident of Sati in India, occurred at Sikar district. October – ICC Cricket World Cup (Reliance Cup 1987) 11 - 12 October - Jaffna University Helidrop by Indian Peace Keeping Force 20 November–27 November – The South Asian Games are held in Calcutta. 28 December - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research was established by RBI as an advanced studies institute to promote research on development issues from a multi-disciplinary point of view.
Births
1 January – Neha Sharma, actress and model. 3 March – Shraddha Kapoor, actress. 31 March – Janani Iyer, actress. 18 February – Mahat Raghavendra, actor 24 April – Varun Dhawan, actor 25 April – Mallika Kapoor, actress. 28 April – Samantha Ruth Prabhu, actress.
30 April – Rohit Sharma, cricketer. 4 May – Charmy Kaur, actress. 7 May – Sundeep Kishan, actor, producer 2 June – Santhosh Prathap, actor 13 June G. V. Prakash Kumar, film composer, singer and actor. 25 June – Anil Shetty, entrepreneur, author, activist and motivational speaker 3 July – Arjai, actor 1 August Taapsee Pannu, actress. 5 August – Genelia D'Souza, actress. 6 August – Aditya Narayan, actor, singer and television host. 27 August – Jim Sarbh, actor 25 October – Umesh Yadav, cricketer. 1 November Ileana D'Cruz, actress. 20 November – Sukirti Kandpal, actress. 18 December – Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, politician, member of parliament from Srikakulam. 28 December – Diganth Manchale, actor
Deaths 13 March – Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi, Islamic scholar, jurist and literary critic. (born 1910) 1 June – Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, film director, novelist, screenwriter and journalist (born 1914). 13 October – Kishore Kumar, playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter (born 1929). 27 October – Vijay Merchant, cricketer (born 1911). 24 December – M. G. Ramachandran, Actor, Politician, Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (born 1917).
Full date unknown Dasaradhi, poet and political activist (born 1925).
See also Bollywood films of 1987
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