What was the world like in 1993?
India's #1 song of the year was Choli Ke Peeche from Khalnayak, topping Binaca Geetmala's annual countdown.
What things cost in 1993.
Gold: yearly average, 24K, approx. Petrol: Delhi pump price around mid-year, approx. Sensex: BSE year-end close. Today's figures as of late Oct 2026. For curiosity, not advice.
The world's number ones.
Every song that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1993.
I Will Always Love You · Whitney Houston
A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) · Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle
Informer · Snow
Freak Me · Silk
That's The Way Love Goes · Janet Jackson
Weak · SWV
Can't Help Falling In Love (From "Sliver") · UB40
Dreamlover · Mariah Carey
I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) · Meat Loaf
Again · Janet Jackson
Hero · Mariah Carey
If you were born in 1993, none of this existed.
Sushmita Sen is crowned India's first Miss Universe
Aishwarya Rai is crowned Miss World
India's first mobile phone call is made
The internet opens to the public in India
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge releases
The first Harry Potter book is published
Google is founded
Kaun Banega Crorepati airs for the first time
And 22 more. Your exact day shows the full list.
The year is the trailer. Your day is the film.
The Moon and your nakshatra, the weather in your city, the front page and who shares your birthday.
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