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See also: 1984 in India, other events of 1985, 1986 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.

Events

• 23 June - Air India Flight 182, a Boeing 747, blows up 31,000 feet (9,500 m) above the Atlantic Ocean, south of Ireland, killing all 329 aboard.
• The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act is passed by Parliament.
• The Special Protection Group is created.
• Indira Gandhi National Open University is established by an Act of Indian Parliament.
• Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) is passed by parliament.
• Texas Instruments, a Multinational corporation, starts its India operations in Bangalore and helps create infrastructure to export software via satellite communications from India for the first time.

Births

• 7 February - Tajim, Entrepreneur.
• 6 April - Jai, actor.
• 9 May - Neha Bamb, actress.
• 10 May - Sharath.N.A, architect
• 19 June - Kajal Aggarwal, actress.
• 5 September - Maanvi Gagroo, actress.
• 11 November - Robin Uthappa, cricketer.

Full date unknown

• Andrea Jeremiah, actress, singer and model.

Deaths

• 6 November - Sanjeev Kumar, actor (b.1938).