1980 in India

none November 2020 1980 Events in the year 1980 in the Republic of India. Incumbents President of India – Neelam Sanjiva Reddyhttp://presidentofindia.nic.in/former-presidents.htm Former Presidents - The President of India presidentofindia.nic.in en 2017-05-17 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141016060850/http://presidentofindia.nic.in/former-presidents.htm 16 October 2014 thumb|162x162px|Charan SinghPrime Minister of India – Charan Singh until 14 January, then Indira Gandhi again became the prime minister of India.https://www.mapsofindia.com/my-india/politics/prime-ministers-of-india List of Indian Prime ministers till now 2014-04-16 My India 2017-05-17 en Vice President of India – Mohammad Hidayatullah Chief Justice of India – Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud Governors Andhra Pradesh – K. C. Abraham Assam – L. P. Singh Bihar – Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Gujarat – Sharda Mukherjee Haryana – Surjit Singh Sandhawalia (until 27 February), Ganpatrao Devji Tapase (starting 27 February) Himachal Pradesh – Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan Jammu and Kashmir – L. K. Jha Karnataka – Govind Narain Kerala – Jothi Venkatachalam Madhya Pradesh – C. M. Poonacha (until 30 April), B. D. Sharma (starting 30 April) Maharashtra – Sri Sadiq Ali (until 3 November), O. P. Mehra (starting 3 November) Manipur – L.P. Singh Meghalaya – L.P. Singh Nagaland – L.P. Singh Odisha – until 30 April: Bhagwat Dayal Sharma 30 April-30 September: Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha 1 October-3 November: S. K. Ray starting 3 November: Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha Punjab – Jaisukh Lal Hathi Rajasthan – Raghukul Tilak Sikkim – B. B. Lal Tamil Nadu – until 26 October: Prabhudas Patwari 26 October-3 November: M. M. Ismail starting 3 November: Sadiq Ali Tripura – L. P. Singh Uttar Pradesh – Ganpatrao Devji Tapase (until 27 February), Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh (starting 27 February) West Bengal – Tribhuvana Narayana Singh Events National income - 1,470,629 million 1 January – India asks Soviet Union for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.2020-01-01 Forty Years Ago, January 1, 1980: Crucial battle in UP https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/forty-years-ago-january-1-1980-crucial-battle-in-up-6193751/ 2022-01-12 The Indian Express en thumb|150px|Indira Gandhi the first female Prime Minister of India is returned to the office a second time. 14 January – Indira Gandhi returned to power.https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1119.html Assassination in India: A Leader of Will and Force; Indira Gandhi, Born to Politics, Left Her Own Imprint on India Charlton Linda 1 November 1984 The New York Times 17 May 2017 5 April - Bharatiya Janata Party was formed.26 December 2005 India in 1982: Major events and happenings https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20051226-year-1982-major-events-india-host-asians-games-in-delhi-biharsharif-riots-indira-gandhi-first-visit-to-us-786345-2005-12-26 2022-04-28 India Today en 23 June – Sanjay Gandhi is killed in a plane crash near Safdarjung Airport.https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19800715-sanjay-gandhi-dies-in-a-dramatic-plane-crash-his-passing-to-leave-a-political-vacuum-821253-2014-01-22 Sanjay Gandhi dies in a dramatic plane crash, his passing to leave a political vacuum Sethi Sunil 22 January 2014 India Today 2017-05-17 18 July - SLV-3 successfully launched from Sriharikota.SLV - ISRO https://www.isro.gov.in/launchers/slv 2022-01-12 www.isro.gov.in 11 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191211145605/https://www.isro.gov.in/launchers/slv dead Rajiv Gandhi quits working as pilot for Indian Airlines.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Im-Rajiv-Gandhi-the-co-pilot/articleshow/755811.cms 'I'm Rajiv Gandhi, the co-pilot' Agarwall Vijay 28 June 2004 The Times of India 17 May 2017 The Bhagalpur Blindings were widely publicized by Indian media.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Blind-rage-and-anguish-30-yrs-on/articleshow/5814134.cms Blind rage and anguish, 30 yrs on 16 April 2010 The Times of India Faizan Ahmad 19 January 2019 31 December – B. P. Mandal, chairman of the Backward Classes Commission, submitted his report to the government.Ramagundam Rahul The Life and Times of George Fernandes Penguin Random House India 2022 978-0670092888 384 en Law 25 October - Forest (Conservation) ActMay 2022 Science 1983 - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar received the Nobel Prize in PhysicsMay 2022 Sport The Indian Hockey team won the Gold in the Olympics.https://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/Revisiting-the-golden-age-of-Indian-hockey-at-the-Olympics/article60452618.ece Revisiting the golden age of Indian hockey at the Olympics Kesavan N. 2 July 2016 The Hindu 17 May 2017 Births 21 January Santhanam, actor and comedian. 10 February – Mohd. Iqbal Khan, actor. 13 March – Varun Gandhi, politician 17 March – Nikitin Dheer, actor 20 April – Sunaina Sunaina, weightlifterResults http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=8329 m2002.thecgf.com 7 May 2020 24 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210224033736/http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=8329 dead 2 June – Dola Banerjee, archerDola Banerjee - Olympic Archery India https://www.olympic.org/dola-banerjee International Olympic Committee 23 April 2019 en 19 June 2016 4 June Prashanth Neel, film director. 20 June – Bobby Darling, actor. 5 July – Zayed Khan, actor. 7 July – Ramachandra Raju, actor. 8 July – Chetan Anand, badminton player. 12 August Ghibran, music composer. 14 August – Prabhjot Singh, field hockey player. 16 August – Upen Patel, model and actor. 18 August – Preeti Jhangiani, actress and model. 30 August – Richa Pallod, model and actress. 10 September Jayam Ravi, actor. 18 September – Akshay Kapoor, actor. thumb|155x155px|Kareena Kapoor21 September – Kareena Kapoor, actress. 18 October – Reetinder Singh Sodhi, cricketer. 24 October – Laila Mehdin, actress. 12 November – Devesh Chauhan, field hockey player. 13 November – Harman Baweja, actor. 9 December – Gagan Ajit Singh, field hockey player. 11 December – Arya, actor. 17 December – Arjun Halappa, field hockey player. 28 December – Deepak Thakur, field hockey player. Deaths 23 June – Sanjay Gandhi, politician (b. 1946). 23 June – Varahagiri Venkata Giri, fourth president of India (b. 1894). 18 July – Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (b. 1904). 24 July – Uttam Kumar, actor (b. 1926). 31 July – Mohammed Rafi, playback singer (b. 1924). 2 August – Ramkinkar Baij, sculptor and painter (b. 1906) 17 August – Kodavatiganti Kutumbarao, writer (b. 1909). 25 October – Sahir Ludhianvi, Urdu poet and Hindi lyricist and songwriter (b. 1921). 11 November – Chenganoor Raman Pillai, Kathakali artiste (b. 1886). 16 November – Jayan, actor (b. 1938). References India Category:Years of the 20th century in India Category:1980s in India India