Events in the year 1981 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents President of India – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi Vice President of India – Mohammad Hidayatullah Chief Justice of India – Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud
Governors Andhra Pradesh – K. C. Abraham Assam – L. P. Singh (until 10 August), Prakash Mehrotra (starting 10 August) Bihar – Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Gujarat – Sharda Mukherjee Haryana – Ganpatrao Devji Tapase Himachal Pradesh – Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan (until 26 August), A. K. Banerjee (starting 26 August) Jammu and Kashmir – L. K. Jha (until 22 February), B. K. Nehru (starting 22 February) Karnataka – Govind Narain Kerala – Jothi Venkatachalam Madhya Pradesh – until 25 May: B. D. Sharma 25 May-9 July: G. P. Singh starting 9 July: B. D. Sharma Maharashtra – O. P. Mehra Manipur – L.P. Singh (until 18 August), S. M. H. Burney (starting 18 August) Meghalaya – L.P. Singh (until 11 August), Prakash Mehrotra (starting 11 August) Nagaland – L.P. Singh (until 11 August), S. M. H. Burney (starting 11 August) Odisha – Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha Punjab – Jaisukh Lal Hathi (until 26 August), Aminuddin Ahmad Khan (starting 26 August) Rajasthan – Raghukul Tilak (until 8 August), K. D. Sharma (starting 8 August) Sikkim – B. B. Lal (until 9 January), Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan (starting 10 January) Tamil Nadu – Sadiq Ali Tripura – L. P. Singh (until 18 August), S. M. H. Burney (starting 18 August) Uttar Pradesh – Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh West Bengal – Tribhuvana Narayana Singh (until 12 September), Bhairab Dutt Pande (starting 12 August)
Events National income - 1,727,755 million April 30 - Nearly 48 killed in Bihar Sharif due to communal riots between Yadavs and Muslims. July – About 308 people die in Bangalore after drinking illicit liquor (see: 1981 Karnataka liquor deaths). Arasan Ganesan Polytechnic is founded in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu. It is a Government aided co-educational technical institute. National Aluminium Company incorporated as a public sector enterprise of the Government of India. 2 July – Infosys is founded in Pune. 4 December - Around 45 people got killed due to a stampede at Qutb Minar resulting in closure of Minaret for tourists.
Births
3 January – Sanggai Chanu, field hockey player. 28 January – Karunakaran (actor), actor and comedian. 25 February – Anuj Sawhney, actor and model. Saroo Brierley, writer 9 June – Celina Jaitley, actress. 17 June – Amrita Rao, model and actress. 7 July – Mahendra Singh Dhoni, cricketer. 3 August – Manish Paul, Indian television host, anchor and actor 25 August – Shiva Keshavan, luge pilot 30 August – Shilpa Prabhakar Satish, IAS. 5 September H. Vinoth, film director. 27 September – Lakshmipathy Balaji, cricketer. 7 October – Abhijeet Sawant, singer and winner of Indian Idol (season 1). 12 October Sneha, actress. 14 October – Gautam Gambhir, cricketer and politician 7 November Anushka Shetty, actress. 27 November – Vikram Pillay, field hockey player. 9 December – Dia Mirza, actress and model. 12 December - Ashok, actor. 12 December -Yuvraj Singh, cricketer.
Deaths 3 May – Nargis, actress (born 1929). 19 June – Subhas Mukhopadhyay, Physician created World's second IVF (born 1931) 24 September – Brahmarishi Hussain Sha, seventh head of Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham and scholar (born 1905). 26 December – Savitri, actress (born 1936). 28 December – David Abraham Cheulkar, actor (born 1908).
See also List of Bollywood films of 1981
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