1985 in India

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Events in the year 1985 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

National income - ₹2,845,341 million
16 January - Coomar Narain an employee of SLM Maneklal Industries and certain personal staff of Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India were arrested in connection with leaking of classified documents to foreign agents under Official Secrets Act (India).^[1]
10 March - India won the first World Championship of Cricket held at Australia by defeating Pakistan in the final.^[2]
30 March - The Special Protection Group is created
10 April – Chakravarty Committee was set up by the RBI to review the working of monetary system. Its recommendations had far reaching consequences eventually removing India from the 500-year-old silver standard
5 June - R. Balakrishna Pillai, a minister from Kerala resigns following controversial speech (Punjab Model needed for Kerala) from him that encourage terrorism.^[3]
23 June – Air India Flight 182, a Boeing 747, blows up 31,000 feet (9,500 m) above the Atlantic Ocean, south of Ireland, killing all 329 aboard.
26 September – 1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.^[4]
By mid-1985, the statutory preemption on banks' resources in the form of the Statutory Liquidity Ratio and the Cash Reserve Ratio exceeded 45%.
KS Oils company is founded.^[5]
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.

24 May - Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act is came into effect after presidential assent.
2 September - Indira Gandhi National Open University is established by an Act of Indian Parliament.
14 November - The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act is passed by Parliament came into force.
The Administrative tribunals in Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and Allahabad were established by Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985.

16 January - Sidharth Malhotra , actor and former model
17 February – Sivakarthikeyan, actor, producer, lyricist, TV anchor.
22 February – Bombayla Devi Laishram, archer.^[6]
5 March – Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, actress
Parthiv Patel
9 March - Parthiv Patel, cricketer^[7]
26 March – Kedar Jadhav, Cricketer.
27 March – Ram Charan, actor and producer.
6 April – Jai, actor.
23 April – Annies Kanmani Joy, IAS.
9 May – Neha Bamb, actress.
15 May – Tathagata Mukherjee, actor.
Dinesh Karthik
1 June – Dinesh Karthik, cricketer.
Kajal Aggarwal
19 June – Kajal Aggarwal, actress.
20 June – RJ Balaji, radio jockey, actor, television presenter, comedian and film director.
25 June – Durga Shakti Nagpal, Indian bureaucrat.
22 July – Yogi Babu, actor and comedian.
7 September – Radhika Apte, actress.
18 September – Vignesh Shivan, film director, lyricist and producer.
23 September – Ambati Rayudu, cricketer.
18 October - Sourabhee Debbarma, singer.
26 October – Asin Thottumkal, actress.
1 November – Anand Ambani, Business Magnet.
Diana Penty
2 November – Diana Penty, actress.
11 November – Robin Uthappa, cricketer.
Shikhar Dhawan
5 December – Shikhar Dhawan, cricketer.
21 December – Andrea Jeremiah, actress and singer.