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Events

February - Bandit Queen Phoolan Devi surrenders.
February - Hundreds of people die in Assam as fighting rages in the run up to elections.^[1]

Arts and literature

Ardh Satya wins Filmfare Best Movie Award.

Sport

25 June - India wins the third Cricket World Cup at Lords under Kapil Dev.

Births

January 13 - Imran Khan, actor
3 February - T.R. Silambarasan ,Actor and Filmmaker
6 February - Angad Bedi, actor, model and cricketer.
6 February - Sreesanth, cricketer.
8 April - Allu Arjun, actor.
20 May - N. T. Rama Rao Jr., actor.
23 November - Karan Patel, actor.
30 November - Nisha Kothari, actress.

Deaths

11 June - Ghanshyam Das Birla, businessman (b.1894).
Fatima Begum, actress and India's first female film director (b.1892).

References

^ 1983: Hundreds die in Assam poll violence - BBC: On this day

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