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Historical Event on 1/14/1980

Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1882Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.).
10/25/1971National Science and Technology Committee established.
9/2/1894Vinayak Mishra, famous Oriya litterateur, critic and historian, was born.
5/3/1994Election Commission recognises DMK headed by M. Karunanidhi as the rightful claimant to the symbol of rising sun and the flag reserved for it.
10/27/1947Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir.
2/1/1986Pope John Paul II arrives in New Delhi for a 10-day visit.
2/21/1997Sonic Multani bags National snooker title in Mumbai.
9/12/1971Jaikishen, famous Hindi film music director, died.
3/24/1992Congress (I) strength goes up by six seats in the Rajya Sabha on account of biennial polls.
10/27/1999P.M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) re-elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.