Vol. 1995No. 200The nineties edition
The India you were born into
Wednesday19 July1995
19 July 1995 offers a small historical doorway — the year's unfinished questions, set against a country where satellite television, telecommunications and the Internet were beginning to change how India connected to the world.
Change dateThe Front Page
India’s economy opens further
Reform and global integration reshape the country
India was living through an era of economic liberalisation, new markets and fast-changing public life.
Rajan Pillai, business tycoon and biscuit king of India, who was convicted by a Singapore court for multi-million dollar fraud, was arrested in New Delhi.
Rajan Pillai, business tycoon and biscuit king of India, who was convicted by a Singapore court for multi-million dollar fraud, was arrested in New Delhi.
India in Numbers
A snapshot of India when you were born.
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Prices from the month you were born, listed the way the kirana shop would have written them.
- The Hindu archive
- National archival records
- Press and public memory
04 · Sport
India on the field in 1995
Moment of the year · Chess
Viswanathan Anand reaches the world championship final cycle
Anand remained among the world's leading players.
199505 · Cinema & music
What India was watching and humming
The film everyone queued for that month, and the song that played from every cassette player that year.
DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGE
Year 1995
Film of the year · 1995
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Also in theatresKaran Arjun · Rangeela · Coolie No. 1 · Raja · Sabse Bada Khiladi · Akele Hum Akele Tum
Song of the year · 1995
"Tujhe Dekha To"
Also on the radio"Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna" · "Mera Piya Ghar Aaya" · "Pardesi Pardesi"
$ cat science-and-technology-1995
Internet, mobile phones and the software boom
What science and technology looked like in India in 1995.
Public Internet service launches
VSNL launched Internet services in India on 15 August 1995.
Technology moves closer to daily life
Computing, communication and consumer electronics were gradually moving from specialist institutions toward ordinary homes, offices and public life.
Faces of 1995
Shah Rukh Khan
Starred in 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge' (DDLJ), which became an unprecedented cultural landmark in Indian cinema.
Aditya Chopra
Made his directorial debut with 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'.
P. V. Narasimha Rao
Completed four years of economic reforms while confronting internal party rebellion.
Bal Thackeray
Led the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance to win power in Maharashtra for the first time.
Jyoti Basu
Attracted industrial investments to West Bengal through the state's new industrial policy.
Sachin Tendulkar
Signed a historic ₹30-crore endorsement deal with WorldTel, revolutionizing sports commercialization in India.
09 · BEYOND INDIA
Beyond India
Before the internet put the world in our pockets, news from abroad arrived through telegrams, radios, television sets and eventually phones.
World Trade Organization begins work
1 JAN
The World Trade Organization formally begins operations, replacing the GATT framework with a broader global trade institution.
1995, circled in red
The year India turned 48.