1986 in India
Events in the year 1986 in the Republic of India. Incumbents President of India – Zail Singh Prime Minister of India – Rajiv Gandhi Vice President of India – R. Venkataraman Chief Justice of India – Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati (until 20 December), Raghunandan Swarup Pathak Governors Andhra Pradesh – Kumud Ben Joshi Assam – Bhishma Narain Singh Bihar – P. Venkatasubbaiah Gujarat – Braj Kumar Nehru (until 26 February), Ram Krishna Trivedi (starting 26 February) Haryana – Saiyid Muzaffar Husain Burney Himachal Pradesh – until 7 March: Hokishe Sema 7 March-16 April: Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai starting 16 April: R. K. S. Ghandhi Jammu and Kashmir – Jagmohan Malhotra Karnataka – Ashoknath Banerji Kerala – P. Ramachandran Madhya Pradesh – K.M Chandy Maharashtra – Kona Prabhakara Rao (until 2 April), Shankar Dayal Sharma (starting 2 April) Manipur – K. V. Krishna Rao Meghalaya – Bhishma Narain Singh Nagaland – K. V. Krishna Rao Odisha – Bishambhar Nath Pande Punjab – Shankar Dayal Sharma (until 2 April), Siddhartha Shankar Ray (starting 2 April) Rajasthan – Vasantdada Patil Sikkim – T.V. Rajeswar Tamil Nadu – Sundar Lal Khurana Tripura – K. V. Krishna Rao Uttar Pradesh – Mohammed Usman Arif West Bengal –