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
- 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, O. N. Shrivastava
- Meghalaya – Madhukar Dighe
- Mizoram – P. R. Kyndiah
- Nagaland – V. K. Nayar, O. N. Shrivastava
- 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, P. Shiv Shankar
- 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 January - 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 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
- 13 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
- 14 December – Kuldeep Yadav, cricketer
- 20 December – Nazriya Nazim, anchor, model and actress
- 21 December Athulya Ravi, actress.
- 22 December Michael Dabhi, Politician
Deaths
- 4 January – Rahul Dev Burman, music director.
- 8 January - Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati Shankaracharya, 99, 68th guru of Kanchi Mutt.
- 9 June – Dhirendra Brahmachari, Yoga guru and mentor of Indira Gandhi.
- 22 June – L. V. Prasad, actor, producer and director.
- 11 November - Kuvempu, poet, writer and playwright.