1985 in India

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See also: 1984 in India, other events of 1985, 1986 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.

[edit] Events

• June 23 — Air India Flight 182 was blown up by Sikh nationalists. It was on its second leg on its Toronto-Montreal-London-Delhi-Bombay (Mumbai) flight when it exploded off the coast of Ireland. Everyone on board died.
• The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act is passed by Parliament
• The Special Protection Group is created
• Indira Gandhi National Open University was established by an Act of Indian Parliament.
• Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) was passed by parliament.
• Birth of a new era: 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.

[edit] Births

• November 11 — Robin Uthappa, cricketer
• August 28 — Amrith Gopikrishnan, Poet,engineer,rhino [tholi]