1980 in India
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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1980 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents[edit]
- President of India – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy[1]
- Prime Minister of India – Charan Singh until 14 January, then Indira Gandhi again became the prime minister of India.[2]
- Chief Justice of India – Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud
Governors[edit]
- Andhra Pradesh –
- Assam –
- Bihar –
- Gujarat –
- Haryana –
- Himachal Pradesh –
- Jammu and Kashmir –
- Karnataka –
- Kerala –
- Madhya Pradesh –
- Maharashtra –
- Manipur –
- Meghalaya –
- Nagaland –
- Odisha –
- Punjab –
- Rajasthan –
- Sikkim –
- Tamil Nadu –
- Tripura –
- Uttar Pradesh –
- West Bengal –
Events[edit]
- 1 January – Dr. Leo Rebello becomes the Director of the Natural Health Centre, Bombay.[3]
- 14 January – Indira Gandhi returned to power.[4]
- 25 January – Dr. Leo Rebello forms All India Letter Writers Association and is elected its president.[5]
- 23 June – Sanjay Gandhi is killed in a plane crash.[6]
- Rajiv Gandhi began work for Indian Airlines.[7]
- The Bhagalpur Blindings were widely publicized by Indian media.[8]
Sport[edit]
The Indian Hockey team won the Gold in the Olympics.[9]
Births[edit]
- 10 February – Mohd. Iqbal Khan, actor.
- 13 March – Varun Gandhi, politician
- 20 April – Sunaina Sunaina, weightlifter[10]
- 2 June – Dola Banerjee, archer[11]
- 20 June – Bobby Darling, actor.
- 5 July – Zayed Khan, actor.
- 8 July – Chetan Anand, badminton player
- 14 August – Prabjoth 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.
- 18 September – Akshay Kapoor, actor.
- 21 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ↑ "Former Presidents - The President of India". presidentofindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ↑ "List of Indian Prime ministers till now". My India. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ↑ "HEALTHWISDOM.ORG - HEALTH AWARENESS SITE". www.healthwisdom.org. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ↑ Charlton, Linda (1 November 1984). "Assassination in India: A Leader of Will and Force; Indira Gandhi, Born to Politics, Left Her Own Imprint on India". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ↑ "AILWA - All India Letter-Writers Association". www.karmayog.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2005. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ↑ Sethi, Sunil (22 January 2014). "Sanjay Gandhi dies in a dramatic plane crash, his passing to leave a political vacuum". India Today. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ↑ Agarwall, Vijay (28 June 2004). "'I'm Rajiv Gandhi, the co-pilot'". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ↑ Ahmad, Faizan (16 April 2010). "Blind rage and anguish, 30 yrs on". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ↑ Kesavan, N. (2 July 2016). "Revisiting the golden age of Indian hockey at the Olympics". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ↑ "Results". m2002.thecgf.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ↑ "Dola BANERJEE - Olympic Archery | India". International Olympic Committee. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2019.