1980 in India
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{{Year in India|1980}}
Events in the year 1980 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
- President of India – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy{{Cite web|url=http://presidentofindia.nic.in/former-presidents.htm |title=Former Presidents - The President of India |website=presidentofindia.nic.in |language=en |access-date=2017-05-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016060850/http://presidentofindia.nic.in/former-presidents.htm |archive-date=16 October 2014 }}
- File:Charan Singh.jpg]]Prime Minister of India – Charan Singh until 14 January, then Indira Gandhi again became the prime minister of India.{{Cite news|url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/my-india/politics/prime-ministers-of-india|title=List of Indian Prime ministers till now|date=2014-04-16|work=My India|access-date=2017-05-17|language=en}}
- 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 - {{INR}}1,470,629 million
- 1 January – India asks Soviet Union for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.{{Cite web|date=2020-01-01|title=Forty Years Ago, January 1, 1980: Crucial battle in UP|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/forty-years-ago-january-1-1980-crucial-battle-in-up-6193751/|access-date=2022-01-12|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}
File:Indira Gandhi in 1967.jpg the first female Prime Minister of India is returned to the office a second time.]]
- 14 January – Indira Gandhi returned to power.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1119.html|title=Assassination in India: A Leader of Will and Force; Indira Gandhi, Born to Politics, Left Her Own Imprint on India|last=Charlton|first=Linda|date=1 November 1984|work=The New York Times|access-date=17 May 2017}}
- 5 April - Bharatiya Janata Party was formed.{{Cite web |date=26 December 2005 |title=India in 1982: Major events and happenings |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20051226-year-1982-major-events-india-host-asians-games-in-delhi-biharsharif-riots-indira-gandhi-first-visit-to-us-786345-2005-12-26 |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=India Today |language=en}}
- 23 June – Sanjay Gandhi is killed in a plane crash near Safdarjung Airport.{{Cite news|url=https://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sanjay-gandhi-dies-in-a-dramatic-plane-crash-his-passing-to-leave-a-political-vacuum/1/409841.html|title=Sanjay Gandhi dies in a dramatic plane crash, his passing to leave a political vacuum|last=Sethi|first=Sunil|date=22 January 2014|work=India Today|access-date=2017-05-17}}
- 18 July - SLV-3 successfully launched from Sriharikota.{{Cite web|title=SLV - ISRO|url=https://www.isro.gov.in/launchers/slv|access-date=2022-01-12|website=www.isro.gov.in|archive-date=11 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211145605/https://www.isro.gov.in/launchers/slv|url-status=dead}}
- Rajiv Gandhi quits working as pilot for Indian Airlines.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Im-Rajiv-Gandhi-the-co-pilot/articleshow/755811.cms|title='I'm Rajiv Gandhi, the co-pilot'|last=Agarwall|first=Vijay|date=28 June 2004|work=The Times of India|access-date=17 May 2017}}
- The Bhagalpur Blindings were widely publicized by Indian media.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Blind-rage-and-anguish-30-yrs-on/articleshow/5814134.cms|title=Blind rage and anguish, 30 yrs on |date=16 April 2010|newspaper=The Times of India|first=Faizan|last=Ahmad|access-date=19 January 2019}}
- 31 December – B. P. Mandal, chairman of the Backward Classes Commission, submitted his report to the government.{{Cite book |last=Ramagundam |first=Rahul |title=The Life and Times of George Fernandes |publisher=Penguin Random House India |year=2022 |isbn=978-0670092888 |pages=384 |language=en}}
Law
- 25 October - Forest (Conservation) Act{{fact|date=May 2022}}
Science
- 1983 - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar received the Nobel Prize in Physics{{fact|date=May 2022}}
Sport
The Indian Hockey team won the Gold in the Olympics.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/Revisiting-the-golden-age-of-Indian-hockey-at-the-Olympics/article14474287.ece|title=Revisiting the golden age of Indian hockey at the Olympics|last=Kesavan|first=N.|date=2 July 2016|work=The Hindu|access-date=17 May 2017}}
Births
- 21 January {{ndash}} 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{{cite web |title=Results |url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=8329 |website=m2002.thecgf.com |access-date=7 May 2020 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224033736/http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=8329 |url-status=dead }}
- 2 June – Dola Banerjee, archer{{cite web |title=Dola Banerjee - Olympic Archery {{!}} India |url=https://www.olympic.org/dola-banerjee |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=23 April 2019 |language=en |date=19 June 2016}}
- 4 June {{ndash}} 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 {{ndash}} 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 {{ndash}} Jayam Ravi, actor.
- 18 September – Akshay Kapoor, actor.
- File:Kareena ad shoot in Mehboob Studio.jpg]]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).