1980 in India

1980 in India
Events in the year 1980 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
President of India – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Prime Minister of India – Charan Singh until 14 January, then Indira Gandhi again became the prime minister of India.
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.
14 January – Indira Gandhi returned to power.
5 April - Bharatiya Janata Party was formed.
23 June – Sanjay Gandhi is killed in a plane crash near Safdarjung Airport.
18 July - SLV-3 successfully launched from Sriharikota.
Rajiv Gandhi quits working as pilot for Indian Airlines.
The Bhagalpur Blindings were widely publicized by Indian media.
31 December – B. P. Mandal, chairman of the Backward Classes Commission, submitted his report to the government.
Law
25 October - Forest (Conservation) Act
Sport
The Indian Hockey team won the Gold in the Olympics.
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, weightlifter
2 June – Dola Banerjee, archer
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.
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
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
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