What was the world like in 1997?
India's #1 song of the year was Sandese Aate Hai from Border, topping Binaca Geetmala's annual countdown.
What things cost in 1997.
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 1997.
Un-Break My Heart · Toni Braxton
Wannabe · Spice Girls
Can't Nobody Hold Me Down · Puff Daddy (Featuring Mase)
Hypnotize · The Notorious B.I.G.
MMMBop · Hanson
I'll Be Missing You · Puff Daddy & Faith Evans Featuring 112
Mo Money Mo Problems · The Notorious B.I.G. Featuring Puff Daddy & Mase
Honey · Mariah Carey
4 Seasons Of Loneliness · Boyz II Men
Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About The Way You Look Tonight · Elton John
It happened in 1997.
The first Harry Potter book is published
If you were born in 1997, none of this existed.
Google is founded
Kaun Banega Crorepati airs for the first time
Wikipedia goes online
The Delhi Metro opens
Facebook launches
The first video is uploaded to YouTube
The first iPhone goes on sale
India wins the first T20 World Cup
And 16 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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