What was the world like in 1994?
India's #1 song of the year was Didi Tera Devar Deewana from Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, topping Binaca Geetmala's annual countdown.
What things cost in 1994.
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 1994.
Hero · Mariah Carey
All For Love · Bryan Adams/Rod Stewart/Sting
The Power Of Love · Celine Dion
The Sign · Ace Of Base
Bump N' Grind · R. Kelly
I Swear · All-4-One
Stay (I Missed You) (From "Reality Bites") · Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
I'll Make Love To You · Boyz II Men
On Bended Knee · Boyz II Men
Here Comes The Hotstepper (From "Ready To Wear") · Ini Kamoze
It happened in 1994.
Sushmita Sen is crowned India's first Miss Universe
Aishwarya Rai is crowned Miss World
If you were born in 1994, none of this existed.
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
Wikipedia goes online
The Delhi Metro opens
And 20 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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