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List of events
Events in the year 1980 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
Law
Sport
The Indian
Hockey team won the
Gold in the
Olympics.
[11]
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
[12]
- 2 June –
Dola Banerjee, archer
[13]
- 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.
- 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).
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