1980 in India
Encyclopedia
Events in the year 1980 in the Republic of India
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India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Incumbents
- President of IndiaPresident of IndiaThe President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary...
– Neelam Sanjiva ReddyNeelam Sanjiva ReddyNeelam Sanjiva Reddy was the sixth President of India, serving from 1977 to 1982 and was the only person to be elected President of India unopposed.... - Prime Minister of IndiaPrime Minister of IndiaThe Prime Minister of India , as addressed to in the Constitution of India — Prime Minister for the Union, is the chief of government, head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament...
– Charan Singh until January 14, Indira GandhiIndira GandhiIndira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists...
Events
- Indira GandhiIndira GandhiIndira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists...
was returned to power. - 23 June - Sanjay GandhiSanjay GandhiSanjay Gandhi was an Indian politician. The younger son of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi, he was a member of the Nehru-Gandhi family...
is killed in a plane crash. - Rajiv GandhiRajiv GandhiRajiv Ratna Gandhi was the sixth Prime Minister of India . He took office after his mother's assassination on 31 October 1984; he himself was assassinated on 21 May 1991. He became the youngest Prime Minister of India when he took office at the age of 40.Rajiv Gandhi was the elder son of Indira...
began work for Indian Airlines.
Births
- 10 February - Khan, actor.
- 13 March - Varun GandhiVarun GandhiFeroze Varun Gandhi is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament , a member of the 15th Lok Sabha. He is the son of the late Sanjay Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi and belongs to the Gandhi-Nehru family. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party National Executive and the youngest National...
, politician - 20 April - Arin PaulArin PaulArin Paul is a Bengali film director, writer and researcher on film history.-Early life:Paul was born in Belur, West Bengal and raised in Shillong, Meghalaya and Calcutta. He attended St. Edmund's School, Shillong, Andrews High School, the Scottish Church Collegiate School, and Shyamaprasad...
, film director - 27 April - Zayed KhanZayed Khan-Early life:Khan's parents are former Bollywood actor Sanjay Khan and interior designer Zarine Khan. Khan is the youngest of four children. His older sisters are Simone Khan , Sussanne Roshan , and Farah Khan Ali...
, actor. - 20 June - Bobby DarlingBobby DarlingBobby Darling, born ', is an Indian actor who has acted in various Bollywood and regional Indian films.Darling, who was born biologically male, identifies with being a woman, insists that interviewers address her as such, and has had cosmetic surgery towards that end.She has been romantically...
, actor. - 14 August - Prabjoth SinghPrabjoth SinghPrabhjot Singh is a hockey forward in Indian team. He is best known for his fast and attacking play.-Personal life:He attended Jamia Millia Islamia for graduation. He got married to Jasmine Kaur on Feb 20, 2009.-Career:...
, field hockey player. - 16 August - Upen PatelUpen PatelUpen Patel is a British Indian Super model and Bollywood film actor.- Early work :After winning Zee TV's supermodel hunt in 2002, Patel began modeled for Hugo Boss, Paul Smith and Zegna. He started his acting career with singer/song writer Romey Gill's "Sadeyan paran to sikhi udna."He received the...
, model and actor. - 18 August - Preeti JhangianiPreeti JhangianiPreeti Jhangiani is an Indian actress and model. She is fluent in Kannada, Sindhi, Hindi, English. She studied in Jai Hind College, Mumbai where her older sister Deepa studied as well...
, actress and model. - 28 August - Dnyaneshwar Jadhav, Art Director and Writer.
- 30 August - Richa PallodRicha PallodRicha Pallod is an Indian model and film actress who has featured in regional Indian films. After appearing as a child artiste, she appeared in an award-winning role in Nuvve Kavali, her first film in Telugu. She has appeared in several low-budget Hindi films with her most notable appearance being...
, model and actress. - 21 September - Kareena KapoorKareena KapoorKareena Kapoor , often informally referred to as Bebo, is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. During her career, Kapoor has received six Filmfare Awards, among nine nominations, and has been noted for her performances in a range of film genres; these include her work from contemporary...
, actress. - 18 October - Reetinder Singh Sodhi, cricketer.
- 24 October - Laila MehdinLaila MehdinLaila Mehdin is an Indian actress. She has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi language films. She is probably best known for her critically acclaimed and award-winning performances in the Bala-directed films Nandha and Pithamagan.-Career:She made her debut in the Telugu film...
, actress. - 12 November - Devesh ChauhanDevesh ChauhanDevesh Singh Chauhan is a field hockey goalkeeper from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in early 2000...
, field hockey player. - 13 November - Harman BawejaHarman BawejaHarman Baweja is an Indian actor. He debuted in Bollywood with Love Story 2050. His next films were Victory and What's Your Raashee? in which he performed opposite his Love Story 2050 co-star Priyanka Chopra....
, actor. - 9 December - Gagan Ajit SinghGagan Ajit SinghGagan Ajit Singh is a field hockey striker from India, whose father Ajit Singh played for the national team at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. He is a nephew of Harmik Singh...
, field hockey player. - 11 December - AryaArya (actor)Arya is an Indian film actor who mainly appears in Tamil films. He is best known for his roles in the films Pattiyal , Naan Kadavul , Madrasapattinam , and Boss Engira Bhaskaran.-Personal life:...
, actor. - 17 December - Arjun HalappaArjun HalappaArjun Halappa is a hockey striker from India.-Career:Midfield maestro Arjun Halappa is the son of former East Bengal Hockey Club player B.K. Halappa,...
, field hockey player. - 28 December - Deepak ThakurDeepak ThakurDeepak Thakur Sonkhla is a hockey forward in Indian team.-Family:His father Nardev Singh is a Army Man and his mother Lalita Thakur is a house-wife.Deepak got younger sister Navita Thakur who is a national badminton player.-Junior level:Deepak became popular after his solo effort to help India win...
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Deaths
- 23 June - Sanjay GandhiSanjay GandhiSanjay Gandhi was an Indian politician. The younger son of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi, he was a member of the Nehru-Gandhi family...
, politician (b.19461946 in IndiaEvents in the year 1946 in India.-Events:* January - Royal Air Force Mutiny of 1946 of British and Indian air force units* 11 February - I.N.A...
). - 24 July - Uttam KumarUttam KumarUttam Kumar is one of the most famous names of Indian Bengali Cinema.Born Arun Kumar Chatterjee in 1926 at Ahiritola, North Calcutta he is widely known as Uttam Kumar and Mahanayak . He remains as much of a cultural icon as he had been in his lifetime...
, actor (b.19261926 in India-Events:*15 July - BEST buses make its début in Bombay.*24 November - Sri Aurobindo retires, leaving the Mother to run the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry.-January to June:*8 January - Kelucharan Mohapatra, Odissi dancer and guru ....
). - 31 July - Mohammed RafiMohammed RafiMohammad Rafi , was an Indian playback singer whose career spanned four decades. He was awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards. In 1967, he was honoured with the Padma Shri awarded by the Government of India....
, playback singerPlayback singerA playback singer is a singer whose singing is prerecorded for use in movies. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras, while the actual singer does not appear on screen.-South Asia:...
(b.19241924 in India-Events:*12 January - Gopinath Saha shoots a man he erroneously thinks is a Police commissioner of Calcutta, Charles Augustus Tegart - he is arrested soon after.*February - Mohandas Gandhi is released prematurely on medical grounds....
). - 17 August - Kodavatiganti KutumbaraoKodavatiganti KutumbaraoKodavatiganti Kutumba Rao B.Sc. , also known as Ko Ku, was an exponent of the Telugu literature in the 20th century...
, writer (b.19091909 in India-Births:*3 January - M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, actor and Carnatic singer .*10 February - Pisharoth Rama Pisharoty, physicist and meteorologist .*6 April - Alagappa Chettiar, businessman and philanthropist ....
). - 25 October - Sahir LudhianviSahir LudhianviSahir Ludhianvi was a popular Urdu poet and Hindi lyricist and songwriter. Sahir Ludhianvi is his pseudonym...
, Urdu poet and Hindi lyricist and songwriter (b.19211921 in IndiaEvents in the year 1921 in India.-Events:*23 December – Visva-Bharati University is inaugurated.*The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII, arrives in India. Upon his arrival in Bombay there is widespread agitation...
). - 11 November - Chenganoor Raman PillaiChenganoor Raman PillaiGuru Chenganoor Raman Pillai, also spelt Chengannur Raman Pillai, was a celebrated Kathakali artiste from Kerala in south India...
, KathakaliKathakaliKathakali is a highly stylized classical Indian dance-drama noted for the attractive make-up of characters, elaborate costumes, detailed gestures and well-defined body movements presented in tune with the anchor playback music and complementary percussion...
artiste (b.18861886 in India-Births:*16 January — Chenganoor Raman Pillai, Kathakali artiste ....
). - 16 November - JayanJayanKrishnan Nair , better known by his stage name Jayan , was an Indian film actor, former sailor, stunt performer and 1970s style icon. He worked in Malayalam cinema, a sector of the Indian movie industry...
, actor (b.19381938 in IndiaEvents in the year 1938 in India.-Births:*January 13 - Shivkumar Sharma, musician*18 March - Shashi Kapoor, legendary actor in Bollywood*31 March - Sheila Dikshit, politician and Chief Minister of Delhi....
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See also
- Bollywood films of 1980Bollywood films of 1980-Highest grossing:The top forty box office hits of the year 1980-1980 releases:...