1980 in India

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Events in the year 1980 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• 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

• 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

• 1 January – Dr. Leo Rebello becomes the Director of the Natural Health Centre, Bombay.[3]

Indira Gandhi the first female Prime Minister of India is returned to the office a second time.

• 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

The Indian Hockey team won the Gold in the Olympics.[9]

Births

• 10 February – Mohd. Iqbal Khan, actor.
• 13 March – Varun Gandhi, politician
• 20 April – Sunaina Sunaina, weightlifter[10]
• 27 April – Zayed Khan, actor.
• 2 June – Dola Banerjee, archer[11]
• 20 June – Bobby Darling, actor.
• 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.
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  Kareena Kapoor
  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

1. "Former Presidents - The President of India". presidentofindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
2. "List of Indian Prime ministers till now". My India. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
3. "HEALTHWISDOM.ORG - HEALTH AWARENESS SITE". www.healthwisdom.org. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
4. 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.
5. "AILWA - All India Letter-Writers Association". www.karmayog.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2005. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
6. 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.
7. Agarwall, Vijay (28 June 2004). "'I'm Rajiv Gandhi, the co-pilot'". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
8. Ahmad, Faizan (16 April 2010). "Blind rage and anguish, 30 yrs on". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
9. Kesavan, N. (2 July 2016). "Revisiting the golden age of Indian hockey at the Olympics". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
10. "Results". m2002.thecgf.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
11. "Dola BANERJEE - Olympic Archery | India". International Olympic Committee. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2019.