Toughcop K.P.S. Gill breaks the back of Punjab militancy; but is taken to court for ‘slapping’a colleague’s bottom.
Aishwarya Rai and Sushmita Sen’s Miss World and Miss Universe titles spawn a beauty industry.
Sachin Tendulkar debuts at 16 in 1989 and becomes the youngest cricketer to score 1,000 runs.
1988: Lakshmi Parvathi, a doting biographer, nurses NTR, marries him and squabbles over his legacy after his death in 1996.
Leander Paes, Olympic medallist, and Mahesh Bhupathi, first Indian to win a grand slam title.
Dhirubhai Ambani proves to be don not only of the licence raj, but also of the free economy.
