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{{Year in India|1987}}

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===
* [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]] – [[Kumud Ben Joshi]]
* [[List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh|Arunachal Pradesh]] –
** 20 February-18 March: [[Bhishma Narain Singh]]
** starting 18 March: [[R. D. Pradhan]]
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] – [[Bhishma Narain Singh]]
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] – [[P. Venkatasubbaiah]]
* [[List of governors of Goa|Goa]] – [[Gopal Singh (politician)|Gopal Singh]] (starting 30 May)
* [[List of governors of Gujarat|Gujarat]] – [[R. K. Trivedi|Ram Krishna Trivedi]]
* [[List of governors of Haryana|Haryana]] – [[S. M. H. Burney|Saiyid Muzaffar Husain Burney]]
* [[List of governors of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]] – [[Rustom K. S. Ghandhi|R. K. S. Ghandhi]]
* [[List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]] – [[Jagmohan Malhotra]]
* [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]] – [[Ashoknath Banerji]] (until 26 February), [[Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah]] (starting 26 February)
* [[List of governors of Kerala|Kerala]] – [[P. Ramachandran]]
* [[List of governors of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] –
** until 30 November: [[K.M. Chandy (politician)|K.M Chandy]]
** 30 November-29 December: [[Narayan Dutta Ojha]]
** starting 29 December: [[K.M. Chandy (politician)|K.M Chandy]]
* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] – [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] (until 3 September), vacant thereafter (starting 3 September)
* [[List of governors of Manipur|Manipur]] – [[K. V. Krishna Rao]]
* [[List of governors of Meghalaya|Meghalaya]] – [[Bhishma Narain Singh]]
* [[List of governors of Mizoram|Mizoram]] – [[Hiteswar Saikia]]
* [[List of governors of Nagaland|Nagaland]] – [[K. V. Krishna Rao]]
* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] – [[Bishambhar Nath Pande]]
* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] – [[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]]
* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] – [[Vasantdada Patil]] (until 15 October), vacant thereafter (starting 15 October)
* [[List of governors of Sikkim|Sikkim]] – [[T.V. Rajeswar]]
* [[List of governors of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]] – [[Sundar Lal Khurana]]
* [[List of governors of Tripura|Tripura]] – [[K. V. Krishna Rao]]
* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] – [[Mohammed Usman Arif]]
* [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] – [[Saiyid Nurul Hasan]]

==Events==
* National income - {{INR}}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 (hill, Kannur)|Ezhimala, Kannur.]]
* 4 February - The Goa, Daman and Diu Official Language bill passed in [[Goa, Daman and Diu|Goa, Daman and Diu legislative assembly]] bringing an end to [[Konkani language agitation]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rahman |first=M. |date=1987-01-15 |title=Goa pushed into a vortex of linguistic violence over Konkani language row |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19870115-goa-pushed-into-a-vortex-of-linguistic-violence-over-konkani-language-row-799806-1987-01-14 |access-date=2026-02-26 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Venkatesh |first=Karthik |date=2017-08-05 |title=Konkani vs Marathi: Language battles in golden Goa |url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/yO371luBUKFCjhQouRcBCK/Konkani-vs-Marathi-Language-battles-in-golden-Goa.html |access-date=2026-02-26 |website=mint |language=en}}</ref>
* 7 March - [[Sunil Gavaskar]] becomes the first man to score 10,000 runs in [[Test cricket]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=March 7, 1987: Sunil Gavaskar becomes 1st batsman to score 10,000 Test runs in Ahmedabad |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/on-this-day-in-1987-sunil-gavaskar-becomes-1st-player-to-score-10000-test-runs-1776580-2021-03-07 |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
* 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.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wariavwalla |first=Bharat |date=1988 |title=India in 1987: Democracy on Trial |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2644813 |journal=Asian Survey |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=119–125 |doi=10.2307/2644813 |issn=0004-4687|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-11 |title=HT This Day: April 13, 1987 -- V. P. Singh resigns |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ht-this-day-april-13-1987-v-p-singh-resigns-101649694857800.html |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
* May - [[1987 Sino-Indian skirmish]] the second such conflict between China and India ended.
* 22 May - [[Hashimpura massacre]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-31 |title=Hashimpura massacre: Here is what happened |url=https://indianexpress.com/photos/picture-gallery-others/hashimpura-massacre-most-chilling-murder-in-free-india/ |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
* 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 (India)|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 [[Dalit|Dalits]] in [[Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)|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]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-28 |title=HT This Day: July 31, 1987 -- Rajiv hurt in rifle-butt attack by Lanka sailor |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ht-this-day-july-31-1987-rajiv-hurt-in-rifle-butt-attack-by-lanka-sailor-101659011196941.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

* 4 September - [[Roop Kanwar|Roop Kanwar case]] - last known incident of [[Sati (practice)|Sati]] in India, occurred at [[Sikar district]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-03-26 |title=Death By Fire by Mala Sen: The story of Roop Kanwar and other victims |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/books/story/20010326-death-by-fire-by-mala-sen-the-story-of-roop-kanwar-and-other-victims-775480-2001-03-25 |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
* October – ICC Cricket World Cup (Reliance Cup 1987)
* 11 - 12 October - [[Jaffna University Helidrop]] by [[Indian Peace Keeping Force]]
* 20 November–27 November – The [[1987 South Asian Games|South Asian Games]] are held in [[Calcutta]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bell |first1=Daniel |title=Encyclopedia of International Games |date=17 March 2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1527-1 |page=511 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gjPECwAAQBAJ&pg=PA511 |language=en}}</ref>
* 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.
[[File:Rohit Sharma.jpg|thumb|166x166px|[[Rohit Sharma]]]]
* 30 April – [[Rohit Sharma]], cricketer.
*4 May – [[Charmy Kaur]], actress.
*7 May – [[Sundeep Kishan]], actor, producer
*2 June – [[Santhosh Prathap]], actor
*13 June {{ndash}} [[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 {{ndash}} [[Taapsee Pannu]], actress.
*5 August – [[Genelia D'Souza]], actress.[[File:Genelia D'Souza still11.jpg|thumb|150x150px|[[Genelia D'Souza|Genelia Deshmukh]]]]
*6 August – [[Aditya Narayan]], actor, singer and television host.
*25 October – [[Umesh Yadav]], cricketer.
*1 November {{ndash}} [[Ileana D'Cruz]], actress.
*20 November – [[Sukirti Kandpal]], actress.
*18 December – [[Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu]], politician, member of parliament from Srikakulam.
*28 December – [[Diganth|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).
*[[File:Kishore Kumar 2016 postcard of India (cropped).jpg|thumb|125x125px|[[Kishore Kumar]]]]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]]

==References==
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{{Years in India}}
{{Year in Asia|1987}}

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[[Category:1980s in India]]
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[[Category:Years of the 20th century in India]]

1987 in India - Revision history

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