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{{Year in India|1986}}<br />
Events in the year '''1986 in the Republic of India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[President of India]] – [[Zail Singh]]<br />
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Rajiv Gandhi]]<br />
* [[Chief Justice of India]] – [[Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati]] (until 20 December), [[Raghunandan Swarup Pathak]]<br />
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===Governors===<br />
* [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]] – [[Kumud Ben Joshi]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] – [[Bhishma Narain Singh]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] – [[P. Venkatasubbaiah]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Gujarat|Gujarat]] – [[Braj Kumar Nehru]] (until 26 February), [[R. K. Trivedi|Ram Krishna Trivedi]] (starting 26 February)<br />
* [[List of governors of Haryana|Haryana]] – [[S. M. H. Burney|Saiyid Muzaffar Husain Burney]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]] – <br />
** until 7 March: [[Hokishe Sema]] <br />
** 7 March-16 April: [[Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai]]<br />
** starting 16 April: [[Rustom K. S. Ghandhi|R. K. S. Ghandhi]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]] – [[Jagmohan Malhotra]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]] – [[Ashoknath Banerji]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Kerala|Kerala]] – [[P. Ramachandran]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] – [[K.M. Chandy (politician)|K.M Chandy]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] – [[Kona Prabhakara Rao]] (until 2 April), [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] (starting 2 April)<br />
* [[List of governors of Manipur|Manipur]] – [[K. V. Krishna Rao]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Meghalaya|Meghalaya]] – [[Bhishma Narain Singh]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Nagaland|Nagaland]] – [[K. V. Krishna Rao]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] – [[Bishambhar Nath Pande]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] – [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] (until 2 April), [[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]] (starting 2 April)<br />
* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] – [[Vasantdada Patil]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Sikkim|Sikkim]] – [[T.V. Rajeswar]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]] – [[Sundar Lal Khurana]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Tripura|Tripura]] – [[K. V. Krishna Rao]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] – [[Mohammed Usman Arif]] <br />
* [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] – [[Uma Shankar Dikshit]] (until 12 August), [[Saiyid Nurul Hasan]] (starting 12 August)<br />
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==Events==<br />
* National income - {{INR}}3,183,659 million<br />
* April 1 – [[VSNL]] incorporated<br />
* April 30 – [[Operation Black Thunder]] conducted to flush out remaining Sikh extremists from the Golden Temple<br />
* May – a new [[National Policy on Education]] announced by the Government<br />
* August 11 - [[Supreme Court of India]] delivered landmark judgement which upholds [[Freedom of speech|Freedom of speech and expression]] in ''Bijoe Emmanuel Vs State of Kerala case.'' In this case court said that no law mandates singing [[National Anthem of India]] compulsory.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff Reporter|date=2020-10-16|title=Petitioner in landmark SC judgment dead|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/petitioner-in-landmark-sc-judgment-dead/article32864394.ece|access-date=2022-02-14|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-12-01|title=What Supreme Court said on National Anthem, respect and tolerance, 30 yrs ago|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/supreme-court-on-national-anthem-in-theater-national-flag-4403856/|access-date=2022-02-14|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><br />
* September 22 – [[Tied Test#Second tied Test, 1986|Australia-India test cricket match]] ends in a tie at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai, becoming only the second tied test in the history.<br />
* October 27 – [[Inland Waterways Authority of India]] came into existence.<br />
* November 18 – [[Operation Brasstacks]] starts in Rajasthan.<br />
* November – 182-day Treasury Bill introduced<br />
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==Law==<br />
* November 19 – [[Environment Protection Act, 1986|Environment Protection Act]] that was passed in month of May in consequence to [[Bhopal disaster]], came into force.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New laws Were written|url=https://www.downtoearth.org.in/coverage/environment/new-laws-were-written-1457|access-date=2022-02-14|website=www.downtoearth.org.in|language=en}}</ref><br />
* December 24 – [[Consumer Protection Act, 1986|Consumer Protection Act]]<br />
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==Births==<br />
* [[File:Deepika endorses Yamaha scooters 02.jpg|thumb|180x180px|[[Deepika Padukone]]]]5 January – [[Deepika Padukone]], actress<br />
*21 January – [[Sushant Singh Rajput]],actor<br />
* 4 February – [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]], actor<br />
* 27 February – [[Shishir Hathwar]], Guinness World Record holder<br />
* 6 June – [[Bhavana (actress)]], actress.<br />
* [[File:Ravichandran Ashwin (cropped).jpg|thumb|130x130px|[[Ravichandran Ashwin]]]]17 September – [[Ravichandran Ashwin]], cricketer.<br />
* 28 July – [[Dulquer Salmaan]], actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/happy-birthday-dulquer-salmaan-rare-pictures-ok-kanmani-actor-640745|title=Happy Birthday Dulquer Salmaan: 'OK Kanmani' Actor Thanks Fans For Wishes|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=28 July 2015|author=Sushmita Sen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305082156/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/happy-birthday-dulquer-salmaan-rare-pictures-ok-kanmani-actor-640745| archive-date=5 March 2016}}</ref><br />
* 2 October – [[Praveen Kumar]], cricketer.<br />
* 17 October – [[T. V. Anupama]], Indian Administrative Service officer.<br />
* [[File:Sania mirza cincy 2007.JPG|thumb|192x192px|[[Sania Mirza]]]]15 November – [[Sania Mirza]], [[tennis]] player.<br />
* 27 November – [[Suresh Raina]], cricketer.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Suresh Raina|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/33335.html|access-date=2020-07-21|website=Cricinfo}}</ref><br />
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==Deaths==<br />
* 6 July – [[Jagjivan Ram]], freedom fighter and social reformer (born 1908).<br />
* 13 December – [[Smita Patil]], actress (born 1955).<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bollywood films of 1986]]<br />
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