1992 in India
Events in the year 1992 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
Events
- 1 February - Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal Court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal Disaster case, and orders the Indian government to press for an extradition from the United States.
- May - Over 200 people die in Cuttack in Odisha, after drinking illegally brewed liquor. About 600 people were hospitalised (see: 1992 Odisha liquor deaths).
- 14 August Veerappan Gang Trapped and killed Mysore District SP, T.Harikrishna, SI Shakeel Ahmed and four constables named Benegonda, C.M.Kalappa, Sundara and M.P.Appachu, through a false informant near Meenyam in Karnataka
- 6 December - Workers of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP, World Hindu Council) tear down a 16th-century mosque located in Ayodhya, in Northern India. The mosque is believed to have been built over a shrine which exhorted the small piece of land as Ram Janmabhoomi - the birthplace of Lord Rama. This sparks off nationwide communal riots in which some 3,000 people die.
- Government of India establishes SEBI, stock exchange regulator.
- Indian Rupee exchange rate collapsed. It was 20 Rs to 1 dollar in January 1992 and it became 30 Rs to 1 dollar in December 1992. A huge 50% depreciation in value.[1]
Births
- 5 January - Sanjay Balmuchu, footballer
- 27 February - Abigail Jain, actress
- 1 March - Alwyn George, footballer
- 29 April - Sujith kuttan
- 8 June - Usman Ashik, footballer
- 4 July - Yuki Bhambri, tennis player
- 30 July - Vishal Kumar, football player
- 7 September - Lalrindika Ralte, footballer
- 15 September - Shilton D'Silva, soccer player
- 24 December - Soram Anganba, footballer
- 31 December - Manu Attri, badminton player
Full date unknown
Deaths
Full date unknown
- Bharat Bhushan, actor (born 1920).
- V. K. Gokak, writer and scholar (born 1909).
See also
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