1980 Indira Gandhi returns to power heading the Congress party splinter group, Congress (Indira).
Sanjay Gandhi is killed in a plane crash near Safdarjung Airport.
BJP formed
The Indian Hockey team won the Gold in the Olympics, the last till date.
B. P. Mandal, chairman of the Backward Classes Commission, submitted his report to the government.
The infamous Bhagalpur blinding case which was later depicted in the Bollywood movie ‘Gangajal’
The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980
1981 Subhas Mukhopadhyay, Physician created World’s second IVF died
Infosys is founded in Pune.
Nargis Dutta died
Census in India
Around 45 people got killed due to a stampede at Qutb Minar resulting in closure of Minaret for tourists
1982 INSAT-1A launched; deactivated in September.
NABARD established through act of Parliament following B. Sivaraman Committee recommendation.
9th Asian Games held in Delhi.
Doordarshan begins testing of Colour television broadcast in India
Acharya Vinoba Bhave died
Bijon Setu massacre seventeen Ananda Margis were set ablaze at Bijon Setu in Dhakuria in south Kolkata. No one has been convicted of the murders
EVMs introduced in India
Future Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh becomes Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
1983 N. T. Rama Rao NTR’s nine-month-old Telugu Desam assumes power in AP becoming a challenger post Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan against Indira Gandhi.
India won World Cup for the first time, in one day international Cricket led by Kapil Dev.
Bandit queen Phoolan Devi surrenders.
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar received the Nobel Prize in Physics
Nellie massacre: over 2,000 people, mostly Bangladeshi Muslims, were massacred during the Assam agitation
1984 Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma is launched into space, aboard the Soyuz T-11.
Troops storm Golden Temple, the Sikhs’ most holy shrine, after Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale seeks refuge inside. There are a movement to flush out Sikh separatism and calls for secularism, called Operation Blue Star. “Anti-Sikh Riots 1984”.
Indira Gandhi is assassinated by her bodyguards; her son, Rajiv, takes over.
Many Sikhs were killed due to the assassination of Indira Gandhi. see 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Bachendri Pal becomes first Indian women to reach the summit of Mount Everest
India’s first metro Kolkata metro started
India bags no medal at the Olympics
Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, kills more than 2,000 people outright and injures anywhere from 15,000 to 22,000 others
The first 3D film in India My Dear Kuttichathan was released
1985 Karamchedu massacre of Dalits in Andhra Pradesh.
Narmada Bachao Andolan started by Medha Patkar
Bombing on Air India Flight 182- Kanishka
Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act TADA came into effect after presidential assent.
India wins B&H World Champion Cricket Trophy. Ravi Shastri Player of the Series.
Indira Gandhi National Open University is established by an Act of Indian Parliament.
The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act is passed by Parliament came into force.
The Administrative tribunals in Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and Allahabad were established by Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985.
Chakravarty Committee was set up by the RBI to review the working of monetary system. Its recommendations had far reached consequences eventually removing India from the 500-year-old silver standard
The 52nd Amendment of the Indian Constitution, enacted in 1985, is also known as the Anti-Defection Law
1986 Contract signed between the Government of India and Swedish arms company Bofors for supply of 410 155 mm Howitzer field guns. (Bofors deal)
Operation Black Thunder conducted to flush out remaining Sikh extremists from the Golden Temple
a new National Policy on Education announced by the Government
Inland Waterways Authority of India came into existence.
Supreme Court of India delivered landmark judgement which upholds Freedom of speech and expression in Bijoe Emmanuel Vs State of Kerala case. In this case court said that no law mandates singing National Anthem of India compulsory
Environment Protection Act that was passed in month of May in consequence to Bhopal disaster, came into force.
Consumer Protection Act
Australia-India test cricket match ends in a tie at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai, becoming only the second tied test in the history.
1987 India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka’s ethnic
conflict.
Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction set up and became operational with effect from May reflecting concerns related to Industrial Sickness and republic day
Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first man to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket
The Union territory was split, and Goa was elevated as India’s twenty-fifth state, with Daman and Diu remaining Union Territories
Operation Poomalai by India in Jaffna.
Roop Kanwar case – last known incident of Sati in India, occurred at Sikar district
The South Asian Games are held in Calcutta
World Cup Cricket in India for the first time
Mizoram became the 23rd state of India on February 20, 1987
Arunachal Pradesh became a state on February 20, 1987
1988 SEBI was established by The Government of India on 12 April 1988 and given statutory powers in 1992 with SEBI Act 1992 being passed by the Indian Parliament.
Viswanathan Anand became first Grandmaster (chess) from India
Janata Dal formed under the leadership of V. P. Singh.
The National Housing Bank established as an apex body of housing finance and to promote activities in housing development.
Rajya Sabha passes the Sixty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India which brings down voting age from 21 to 18
First Cabinet meeting outside New Delhi held at Sariska, Rajastham
The infamous Rupan Deol Bajaj case involving KPS Gill.
India bags no medal at the Olympics
Maximum lending rate abolished. Banks free to charge customers according to their credit record.
Death of Raj Kapoor
1989 Falling public support leads to a Congress defeat in general election.
The National Front (India), headed by V. P. Singh and led by Janata Dal, is formed and storms into power with outside support from BJP and CPI(M).
16-year-old Sachin Tendulkar makes his test debut against Pakistan
The first Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections took place and Gorkha National Liberation Front under leadership of Subhash Ghisingh.
India’s first Intermediate-range ballistic missile, Agni was successfully launched from Chandipur, Odisha. It elevated India into a prestige league of only five nations in world with IRBM strategic capability. This was a landmark moment under Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme
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