1980 in India
# 1980 in India

Events in the year 1980 in the Republic of India.

## Incumbents

* President of India – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
* Charan SinghPrime 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.
* Kareena Kapoor21 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).
