1980 in India explained
Events in the year 1980 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
Law
- 25 October - Forest (Conservation) Act
Science
Sport
The Indian Hockey team won the Gold in the Olympics.[11]
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[12]
- 2 June – Dola Banerjee, archer[13]
- 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).
Notes and References
- Web site: 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 .
- News: List of Indian Prime ministers till now. 2014-04-16. My India. 2017-05-17. en.
- Web site: 2020-01-01. Forty Years Ago, January 1, 1980: Crucial battle in UP. 2022-01-12. The Indian Express. en.
- News: 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.
- Web site: 26 December 2005 . India in 1982: Major events and happenings . 2022-04-28 . India Today . en.
- News: 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.
- Web site: SLV - ISRO. 2022-01-12. www.isro.gov.in. 11 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191211145605/https://www.isro.gov.in/launchers/slv. dead.
- News: 'I'm Rajiv Gandhi, the co-pilot'. Agarwall. Vijay. 28 June 2004. The Times of India. 17 May 2017.
- News: Blind rage and anguish, 30 yrs on . 16 April 2010. The Times of India. Faizan. Ahmad. 19 January 2019.
- Book: Ramagundam, Rahul . The Life and Times of George Fernandes . Penguin Random House India . 2022 . 978-0670092888 . 384 . en.
- News: Revisiting the golden age of Indian hockey at the Olympics. Kesavan. N.. 2 July 2016. The Hindu. 17 May 2017.
- Web site: Results . m2002.thecgf.com . 7 May 2020.
- Web site: Dola Banerjee - Olympic Archery India . International Olympic Committee . 23 April 2019 . en . 19 June 2016.