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{{Year in India|1984}}
Events in the year '''1984 in the Republic of India'''.

==Incumbents==
* [[President of India]] – [[Zail Singh]]
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Indira Gandhi]] until 31 October, [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
* [[Chief Justice of India]] – [[Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud]]

===Governors===
* [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]] – [[Thakur Ram Lal]] (until 29 August), [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] (starting 29 August)
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] –
** until 28 March: [[Prakash Mehrotra]]
** 28 March-15 April: [[Tribeni Sahai Misra]]
** starting 15 April: [[Bhishma Narain Singh]]
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] – [[Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai]]
* [[List of governors of Gujarat|Gujarat]] – [[K.M. Chandy (politician)|K.M. Chandy]] (until 26 April), [[Braj Kumar Nehru]] (starting 26 April)
* [[List of governors of Haryana|Haryana]] – [[Ganpatrao Devji Tapase]] (until 13 June), [[S. M. H. Burney|Saiyid Muzaffar Husain Burney]] (starting 13 June)
* [[List of governors of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]] – [[Hokishe Sema]]
* [[List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]] – [[B. K. Nehru]] (until 26 April), [[Jagmohan Malhotra]] (starting 26 April)
* [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]] – [[Ashoknath Banerji]]
* [[List of governors of Kerala|Kerala]] – [[P. Ramachandran]]
* [[List of governors of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] – [[B. D. Sharma]] (starting 14 May), [[K.M. Chandy (politician)|K.M Chandy]] (starting 14 May)
* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] – [[Idris Hasan Latif]]
* [[List of governors of Manipur|Manipur]] – [[S. M. H. Burney]] (until 11 June), [[K. V. Krishna Rao]] (starting 11 June)
* [[List of governors of Meghalaya|Meghalaya]] –
** until 29 March: [[Prakash Mehrotra]]
** 29 March-15 April: [[Tribeni Sahai Misra]]
** starting 15 April: [[Bhishma Narain Singh]]
* [[List of governors of Nagaland|Nagaland]] – [[S. M. H. Burney]] (until 11 June), [[K. V. Krishna Rao]] (starting 11 June)
* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] – [[Bishambhar Nath Pande]]
* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] – [[Bhairab Dutt Pande]] (until 3 July), [[Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala]] (starting 3 July)
* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] – [[Om Prakash Mehra]]
* [[List of governors of Sikkim|Sikkim]] – [[Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan]] (until 17 June), [[Kona Prabhakar Rao]] (starting 17 June)
* [[List of governors of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]] – [[Sundar Lal Khurana]]
* [[List of governors of Tripura|Tripura]] – [[S. M. H. Burney]] (until 11 June), [[K. V. Krishna Rao]] (starting 11 June)
* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] – [[Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh]]
* [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] –
** until 16 August: [[Anant Prasad Sharma]]
** 16 August-1 October: [[Satish Chandra]]
** starting 1 October: [[Uma Shankar Dikshit]]

==Events==
[[File:IndiraGandhi-SareeAtTimeOfDeath.JPG|thumb|[[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.]]
* National income - {{INR}}2,521,882 million
* 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 of India|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 [[1984 anti-Sikh riots|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 Sivasankara Pillai]] got [[Jnanpith Award]].
* 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|Operation woodrose]] by Indian Army.
* Violence against sikh in Delhi.

==Law==
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==Arts and literature==
*[[Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage]], autonomous non-governmental organisation seeking to preserve [[Indian culture]] and heritage, is founded.

==Births==
*4 January – [[Jeeva (actor)|Jeeva]], actor
*[[File:Diljit Dosanjh at Colors Golden Petal Awards.jpg|thumb|200x200px|[[Diljit Dosanjh]]]]6 January - [[Diljit Dosanjh]], Indian Punjabi Singer
*10 March – [[Mohammad Aijaz Asad]], Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
*24 March – [[Adrian D'Souza]], field hockey player
*1 April - [[Murali Vijay]], cricketer
*2 April - [[Deep Sidhu]], actor and activist (d. 2022)
*30 May - [[Rohini Sindhuri]], Indian Administrative Service officer
*27 August - [[Y. S. Avinash Reddy]], politician and member of parliament from [[Kadapa (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kadapa]]
*6 September – [[Diwakar Prasad]], boxer
*19 September – [[Kavya Madhavan]], actress
*23 September – [[Armstrong Pame]], Indian Administrative Service officer
*[[File:Irfan Pathan at the Domestic Airport.jpg|thumb|132x132px|[[Irfan Pathan]]]]27 October – [[Irfan Pathan]], cricketer
*18 November – [[Nayantara]], actress

==Deaths==
*10 March – [[I. S. Johar]], actor, writer, producer and director (born 1920)
*21 June – [[Arun Sarnaik]], Renowned Marathi film actor, singer (born 1935)
*6 June - [[Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale]], militant, killed in Operation Blue Star (born 1947)
*[[File:Indira Gandhi 1967.jpg|thumb|126x126px|[[Indira Gandhi]]]]31 October – [[Indira Gandhi]], Prime Minister, assassinated (born 1917)<ref>{{cite web |title=Indira Gandhi |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/indira-gandhi |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=28 July 2021 |language=en |date=16 February 2019}}</ref>
*5 November – [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]], actor (born 1921)
*25 November - [[Yashwantrao Chavan]], chief minister of [[Maharashtra]] (born 1913)
*31 December - [[K. R. Ramanathan]], physicist and meteorologist (born 1893)

===Full date unknown===
*[[Gopi Krishna (yogi)|Gopi Krishna]], yogi, mystic, teacher, social reformer and writer (born 1903).

== See also ==
* [[Bollywood films of 1984]]

==References==
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