India manufactured its own home made car Maruti 800. The keys of India’s first car was given to its owner Harpal Singh and his wife Gulshanbeer Kaur. The then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had handed over keys to Harpal Singh.

Kapil Dev-led Team India won world the 3rd edition of the Cricket World Cup tournament on June 23 at Lord's stadium, London. In final India managed to score just 183 runs against West Indies but surprisingly Indian bowlers bundled out WI on 140 runs.

Bandit Phoolan Devi, whose terror was prevailed in UP and MP, had surrendered and joined politics. Popularly known as "Bandit Queen", she was elected as Member of Parliament. Later, director Shekhar Kapur made a biopic movie on her.

Bhanu Athaiya won Oscar award for brilliant costume design in movie Gandhi. The landmark move- ‘Gandhi’ was released on November 30. produced and directed by Richard Attenborough, the movie was a British-Indian epic biographical drama film which depicted the life of nation father Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.