1995 in India

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{{Year in India|1995}}

Events in the year 1995 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

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Events

  • National income - {{INR}}12,055,827 million
  • 1 January - India joins the World Trade Organization (WTO) which has replaced GATT.
  • 5 March – Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited founded.{{Cite web |url=http://www.delhimetrorail.com/corporates/about_us.html |title=Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.: About Us |access-date=30 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125225919/http://www.delhimetrorail.com/corporates/about_us.html |archive-date=25 January 2007 |url-status=dead}}
  • 27 April - Gangster Auto Shankar hanged to death in Central Prison, Salem, Tamil Nadu.
  • 2 July - Tandoor Murder of Delhi took place.
  • 14 August – Internet is officially launched by VSNL.{{Cite web|url=http://dxm.org/techonomist/news/vsnlnow.html|title = VSNL starts India's first Internet service today}}
  • 31 August – Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh is assassinated.
  • 21 September – Reports of the Hindu milk miracle surface.
  • 20 October – Hindi movie Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge released the longest running Hindi movie{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}.
  • November
  • City of Bombay renamed as Mumbai
  • Hindi song Q-Funk became one of the biggest hit remix songs.
  • 17 December – Purulia arms drop case
  • 18 December–26 December – The South Asian Games take place in Madras.{{cite book |last1=Bell |first1=Daniel |title=Encyclopedia of International Games |date=17 March 2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1527-1 |page=517 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gjPECwAAQBAJ&pg=PA517 |language=en}}
  • 23 December – Nearly 425 people die when a blaze rips through a school prize-giving ceremony in the northern town of Dabwali in Haryana state, near the Indian capital.

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  • Hajj pilgrimage through sea routes from India stopped following the ageing of vessel MV Akbari.{{Cite web |last=Moin |first=Ather |date=2018-11-03 |title=Haj trip by sea will not be possible |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/031118/haj-trip-by-sea-will-not-be-possible.html |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-02-04 |title=History – Haj Committee of India |url=https://hajcommittee.gov.in/history/ |access-date=2022-05-02 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204235622/https://hajcommittee.gov.in/history/ |archive-date=4 February 2022 |url-status=dead}}

Law

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Births

Deaths

See also

References

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Category:Years of the 20th century in India