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Historical Event on 1/6/1980
In the general election (7th) of India, Indira Gandhi led Indian National Congress Party gains two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha legislative elections.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/22/1992 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. |
| 3/4/1925 | Jyotirindranath Tagore, great Bengali litterateur and poet, passed away. |
| 2/27/1987 | UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar recieved the Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding. |
| 4/30/1909 | Sant Tukdoji Maharaj, great saint, patriot and social worker, was born at Yawali, district Amravati. |
| 5/26/1998 | S. Chandrasekar, scientist, was selected for the Niels Bohr-UNESCO gold medal. |
| 11/18/1988 | Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Delhi on a three-day visit. |
| 1/24/2000 | Supreme Court imposes, with immediate effect, a ban on industries in Delhi and Haryana from discharging untreated industrial effluents into the Yamuna. |
| 7/20/2000 | In a nationwide swoop, IT Department officials search the residences of cricketers Kapil Dev, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja and former ICC Chairman Jagmohan Dalmiya and recover incriminating documents. |
| 2/25/1970 | Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, passed away. |
| 11/19/1996 | Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, passed away at 90. |
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