1994 in India

Events in the year 1994 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

 * President of India – Shankar Dayal Sharma
 * Prime Minister of India – P. V. Narasimha Rao
 * Vice President of India – K. R. Narayanan
 * Chief Justice of India – Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah until 24 October, Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi

Governors

 * Andhra Pradesh – Krishan Kant
 * Arunachal Pradesh – Mata Prasad
 * Assam – Loknath Mishra
 * Bihar – Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
 * Goa –
 * until 3 April: Bhanu Prakash Singh
 * 4 April-3 August: B. Rachaiah
 * starting 3 August: Gopala Ramanujam
 * Gujarat – Sarup Singh
 * Haryana – Dhanik Lal Mandal
 * Himachal Pradesh – Sudhakarrao Naik (starting 30 July)
 * Jammu and Kashmir – K. V. Krishna Rao
 * Karnataka – Khurshed Alam Khan
 * Kerala – B. Rachaiah
 * Madhya Pradesh – Mohammad Shafi Qureshi
 * Maharashtra – P.C. Alexander
 * Manipur – V. K. Nayar (until 22 December), O. N. Shrivastava (starting 23 December)
 * Meghalaya – Madhukar Dighe
 * Mizoram – P. R. Kyndiah
 * Nagaland – V. K. Nayar (until 4 August), O. N. Shrivastava (starting 4 August)
 * Odisha – B. Satya Narayan Reddy
 * Punjab –
 * until 9 July: Surendra Nath
 * 9 July-18 September: Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar
 * starting 18 September: Bakshi Krishan Nath Chhibber
 * Rajasthan – Bali Ram Bhagat
 * Sikkim – Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani (until 20 September), P. Shiv Shankar (starting 20 September)
 * Tamil Nadu – Marri Chenna Reddy
 * Tripura – Romesh Bhandari
 * Uttar Pradesh – Motilal Vora
 * West Bengal – K. V. Raghunatha Reddy

Events

 * National income - ₹10,275,701 million


 * 26 January – India rolls out the short-range Prithvi missile at Republic Day Parade in New Delhi.
 * 27 June - Kupwara massacre
 * 22 February -
 * Encounter killing of five youth including an All Assam Students' Union worker in Dangari by Indian Army.
 * Parliament of India passes resolution that declares Jammu and Kashmir as an integral part of India.
 * 11 March - S. R. Bommai v. Union of India verdict by Supreme Court of India.
 * 20 May – Sushmita Sen was crowned Miss Universe 1994 in Manila, Philippines.
 * 26 August - Plague breakout in India from Surat.
 * 7 October - Anti-Urdu news bulletin riots cause 25 deaths in Bangalore.
 * 19 November – Aishwarya Rai was crowned Miss World 1994 in Sun City, South Africa.
 * 25 November - Koothuparamba firing in Kerala
 * 30 November - Nambi Narayanan arrested in connection with ISRO espionage case.
 * 5 December - G. Krishnaiah IAS, District magistrate of Gopalganj district, India lynched to death by a mob which was instigated by politician Anand Mohan Singh.
 * 13 December - Janata Dal emerged victorious in 1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election.

Law

 * Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994
 * Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994
 * Airports Authority of India Act 1994

Births

 * 08 January - Ankit Boora, Model Actor Athlete
 * 18 Feb Sneh Rana, cricketer
 * 25 Feb – Urvashi Rautela, actress
 * 26 Feb - Bajrang Punia, Olympic medalist
 * Mohammed.siraj.jpg March – [[Mohammed Siraj]], cricketer
 * 13 June – Deepika Kumari, archer
 * 8 August – Mirabai Chanu, weightlifter
 * 3 November – Sanusha, actress
 * 11 November - Sanju Samson, cricketer
 * 20 November – Priyanka Arul Mohan, actress.
 * 6 December – Shreyas Iyer, cricketer
 * Kuldeep Yadav.jpg December – [[Kuldeep Yadav]], cricketer
 * 20 December – Nazriya Nazim, anchor, model and actress
 * 21 December – Athulya Ravi, actress.

Deaths

 * 4 January – Rahul Dev Burman, music director.
 * 8 January - Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati Shankaracharya, 99, 68th guru of Kanchi Mutt (born 1894).
 * 9 June – Dhirendra Brahmachari, Yoga guru and mentor of Indira Gandhi (born 1924).
 * 22 June – L. V. Prasad, actor, producer and director (born 1908).
 * 11 November - Kuvempu, poet, writer and playwright (born 1904).