1984 in India

Incumbents

• President of India – Zail Singh
• Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi until 31 October, Rajiv Gandhi
• Chief Justice of India – Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud

  Governors

• Assam –
• Bihar –
• Gujarat –
• Haryana –
• Himachal Pradesh –
• Jammu and Kashmir –
• Karnataka –
• Kerala –
• Madhya Pradesh –
• Maharashtra –
• Manipur –
• Meghalaya –
• Nagaland –
• Odisha –
• Punjab –
• Rajasthan –
• Sikkim –
• Tamil Nadu –
• Telangana –
• Tripura –
• Uttar Pradesh –
• West Bengal –

  Events

• 5 March – Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi orders Operation Blue Star.
• 2 April – Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma is launched into space, aboard the Soyuz T-11.
• 13 April – India launches Operation Meghdoot, as most of the Siachen Glacier in Kashmir comes under Indian control.
• 1 June – The Indian government begins Operation Blue Star.
• 4 June – Indian troops storm the Golden Temple at Amritsar, the Sikhs' holiest shrine.
• 31 October – Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by her two Sikh security guards. Her son Rajiv Gandhi succeeds her as Prime Minister.
• 31 October – 3 November An estimated 2,700-10,000 Sikhs killed during the anti-Sikh riots in Delhi and other areas; mobs loot and damage several Sikh homes, businesses and Gurdwaras in response to the assassination of Indira Gandhi.
• 31 October – Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel – The Iron Man of India. He was the one man who got 550 states and territories to form the united Republic of India.
• 3 December – Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, kills more than 2,000 people outright and injures anywhere from 15,000 to 22,000 others in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.
• 24 May - Kasargod district formed in Kerala.
• Thakazhi shivashankara pillai got Jnanpith Award.
• India government issued postal stamp of freedom fighter Mangal Pande.
• Silent valley declared as National Park by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
• The first 3-D film in India My dear kuttichathan was released.
• PT Usha enters Olympics final in Los Angeles.
• Shiny Abraham enters Olympics semi final in Los Angeles.
• Bachendri pal – The first women Everest climber of India reached the summit of Everest.
• India's first metro- Kolkata metro started.
• Rajiv Gandhi become India's new prime Minister.
• Operation woodrose by Indian Army.
• Violence against sikh in Delhi.

  Arts and literature

• Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, autonomous non-governmental organisation seeking to preserve Indian culture and heritage, is founded.

  Births

• 4 January – Jeeva, actor
• 24 March – Adrian D'Souza, field hockey player
• 1 April - Murali Vijay, cricketer
• 16 July – Katrina Kaif, actress
• 27 August - Y. S. Avinash Reddy, politician and member of parliament from Kadapa
• 6 September – Diwakar Prasad, boxer
• 19 September – Kavya Madhavan, actress
• 6 October – Arun Kumar Talakola, citizen of India
• 27 October – Irfan Pathan, cricketer
• 8 November – Nayantara, actress

  Full date unknown

• Masumeh Makhija, actress

  Deaths

• 10 March – I. S. Johar, actor, writer, producer and director
• 6 June - Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, militant, killed in Operation Blue Star
• 31 October – Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister, assassinated
• 5 November – Rehman, actor
• 25 November - Yashwantrao Chavan, chief minister of Maharashtra b.

  Full date unknown

• Gopi Krishna, yogi, mystic, teacher, social reformer and writer.