1987 in India

Events in the year 1987 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

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, Kannur.
7 March - Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first man to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket.
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.
May - 1987 Sino-Indian skirmish the second such conflict between China and India ended.
22 May - Hashimpura massacre.
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 N. D. Tiwari visits North Korea as part of ministerial conference of Non-Aligned Movement.

15 July - Neerukonda massacre of Dalits in 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.
4 September - Roop Kanwar case - last known incident of Sati in India, occurred at Sikar district.
October – ICC Cricket World Cup
11 - 12 October - Jaffna University Helidrop by Indian Peace Keeping Force
20 November–27 November – The South Asian Games are held in Calcutta.
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.

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.
30 April – Rohit Sharma, cricketer.
4 May – Charmy Kaur, actress.
7 May – Sundeep Kishan, actor, producer
2 June – Santhosh Prathap, actor
13 June 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 Taapsee Pannu, actress.
5 August – Genelia D'Souza, actress.
6 August – Aditya Narayan, actor, singer and television host.
25 October – Umesh Yadav, cricketer.
1 November Ileana D'Cruz, actress.
20 November – Sukirti Kandpal, actress.
18 December – Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, politician, member of parliament from Srikakulam.
28 December – Diganth Manchale, actor

13 March – Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi, Islamic scholar, jurist and literary critic.
1 June – Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, film director, novelist, screenwriter and journalist.
13 October – Kishore Kumar, playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.
27 October – Vijay Merchant, cricketer.
24 December – M. G. Ramachandran, Actor, Politician, Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.