1986 in India

Events in the year 1986 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

Governors

Andhra Pradesh – Kumud Ben Joshi
Assam – Bhishma Narain Singh
Bihar – P. Venkatasubbaiah
Gujarat – Braj Kumar Nehru, Ram Krishna Trivedi
Haryana – Saiyid Muzaffar Husain Burney
Himachal Pradesh –
* until 7 March: Hokishe Sema
* 7 March-16 April: Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai
* starting 16 April: R. K. S. Ghandhi
Jammu and Kashmir – Jagmohan Malhotra
Karnataka – Ashoknath Banerji
Kerala – P. Ramachandran
Madhya Pradesh – K.M Chandy
Maharashtra – Kona Prabhakara Rao, Shankar Dayal Sharma
Manipur – K. V. Krishna Rao
Meghalaya – Bhishma Narain Singh
Nagaland – K. V. Krishna Rao
Odisha – Bishambhar Nath Pande
Punjab – Shankar Dayal Sharma, Siddhartha Shankar Ray
Rajasthan – Vasantdada Patil
Sikkim – T.V. Rajeswar
Tamil Nadu – Sundar Lal Khurana
Tripura – K. V. Krishna Rao
Uttar Pradesh – Mohammed Usman Arif
West Bengal – Uma Shankar Dikshit, Saiyid Nurul Hasan

Events

National income - 3,183,659 million

January - June

1 February – Locks of the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi & Babri Masjid were opened following the orders of Sessions Court Faizabad.
24 March – Contract signed between the Government of India and Swedish arms company Bofors for supply of 410 155 mm Howitzer field guns.
1 April – VSNL incorporated and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited setup heralding beginning of Telecom revolution through Public call office.
30 April – Operation Black Thunder conducted to flush out remaining Sikh extremists from the Golden Temple
1 May – A new National Policy on Education announced by the Government.
14 May - Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly passes a resolution to abolish Tamil Nadu Legislative Council.
May - Two doctors in Madras named Dr. Suniti Solomon and Dr. Sellappan Nirmala finds the first HIV/AIDS cases in India in samples collected from Sex workers with help of Christian Medical College Vellore.
June – Zion Matriculation Higher Secondary School is founded.
30 June - Mizoram Peace Accord signed between Mizo National Front and Government of India.

July - December

11 August - Supreme Court of India delivered landmark judgement which upholds 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.
22 September – 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.
27 October – Inland Waterways Authority of India came into existence.
18 November – Operation Brasstacks starts in Rajasthan.
November – 182-day Treasury Bill introduced
7 December - Riots erupted in Bangalore and adjoining districts killing 17 following an article in Deccan Herald titled Mohammed the Idiot.

Law

19 November – Environment Protection Act that was passed in month of May in consequence to Bhopal disaster, came into force.
24 December – Consumer Protection Act

Births

5 January – Deepika Padukone, actress.
8 January Yash, actor.
15 January Vikram Prabhu, actor.
21 January – Sushant Singh Rajput, actor.
28 January Shruti Haasan, actress and singer.
4 February – Asif Ali, actor.
20 February – Kalaiyarasan, actor.
23 February – Sanjana Singh, actress.
27 February – Shishir Hathwar, Guinness World Record holder.
14 March Lokesh Kanagaraj, film director.
6 June – Bhavana (actress), actress.
16 June – Anjali (actress), actress.
17 September – Ravichandran Ashwin, cricketer.
28 July – Dulquer Salmaan, actor
24 August Shanthanu Bhagyaraj, actor.
21 September Atlee Kumar, film director.
2 October – Praveen Kumar, cricketer.
17 October – T. V. Anupama, Indian Administrative Service officer.
28 October Aditi Rao Hydari, actress and dancer.
15 November – Sania Mirza, tennis player.
23 November Naga Chaitanya, actor.
27 November – Suresh Raina, cricketer.
16 December-Vin Rana, Indian Television Actor

Deaths

25 May –Shrikant Verma, poet and politician.
27 May – Ajoy Mukherjee, politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal.
6 July – Jagjivan Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer.
13 December – Smita Patil, actress.