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List of events
Events in the year 1985 in the Republic of India .
Incumbents
Governors
Events
National income - ₹ 2,845,341 million
16 January - Coomar Narain an employee of SLM Maneklal Industries and certain personal staff of
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India were arrested in connection with leaking of classified documents to foreign agents under
Official Secrets Act (India) .
[1]
10 March - India won the first
World Championship of Cricket held at Australia by defeating Pakistan in the final.
[2]
30 March - The
Special Protection Group is created
10 April – Chakravarty Committee was set up by the RBI to review the working of monetary system. Its recommendations had far reaching consequences eventually removing India from the 500-year-old
silver standard
5 June -
R. Balakrishna Pillai , a minister from
Kerala resigns following controversial speech (Punjab Model needed for Kerala ) from him that encourage terrorism.
[3]
23 June –
Air India Flight 182 , a
Boeing 747 , blows up 31,000 feet (9,500 m) above the
Atlantic Ocean , south of
Ireland , killing all 329 aboard.
26 September –
1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election .
[4]
By mid-1985, the statutory preemption on banks' resources in the form of the Statutory Liquidity Ratio and the Cash Reserve Ratio exceeded 45%.
KS Oils company is founded.
[5]
Texas Instruments , a
multinational corporation , starts its India operations in
Bangalore and helps create infrastructure to export
software via
satellite communications from India for the first time.
Law
Births
Durga Shakti Nagpal
16 January -
Sidharth Malhotra , actor and former model
17 February –
Sivakarthikeyan , actor, producer, lyricist, TV anchor.
22 February –
Bombayla Devi Laishram , archer.
[6]
5 March –
Varalaxmi Sarathkumar , actress
Parthiv Patel 9 March -
Parthiv Patel , cricketer
[7]
26 March –
Kedar Jadhav , Cricketer.
27 March –
Ram Charan , actor and producer.
6 April –
Jai , actor.
23 April –
Annies Kanmani Joy , IAS.
9 May –
Neha Bamb , actress.
15 May –
Tathagata Mukherjee , actor.
Dinesh Karthik 1 June –
Dinesh Karthik , cricketer.
Kajal Aggarwal 19 June –
Kajal Aggarwal , actress.
20 June –
RJ Balaji , radio jockey, actor, television presenter, comedian and film director.
25 June –
Durga Shakti Nagpal , Indian bureaucrat.
22 July –
Yogi Babu , actor and comedian.
7 September –
Radhika Apte , actress.
18 September –
Vignesh Shivan , film director, lyricist and producer.
23 September –
Ambati Rayudu , cricketer.
18 October -
Sourabhee Debbarma , singer.
26 October –
Asin Thottumkal , actress.
1 November – Anand Ambani, Business Magnet.
Diana Penty 2 November –
Diana Penty , actress.
11 November –
Robin Uthappa , cricketer.
Shikhar Dhawan 5 December –
Shikhar Dhawan , cricketer.
21 December –
Andrea Jeremiah , actress and singer.
Deaths
See also
References
^ Bobb, Dilip (15 February 1985).
"Spy scandal: India's security breach appears to have reached frightening levels" . India Today . Retrieved 12 January 2022 .
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"Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket, Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket 1984/85 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 16 January 2022 .
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"Writ at Kerala High Court" . Indian Kanoon .
^ Tempest, Rone.
"Sikh Party Wins Punjab Election : Will Rule Troubled State; Gandhi Slate Defeated" .
Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 27 December 2023 .
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"Mustard oil, Rapeseed oil, healthy cooking oils manufacturer in India" . www.ksoils.com .
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"Bombayla Devi LAISHRAM - Olympic Archery | India" . International Olympic Committee . 20 November 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2019 .
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"Parthiv Patel" . Cricinfo . Retrieved 2 October 2020 .