indian history

Indian History - The History of India information. Period ANCIENT EMPIRES ca. 2500-1600 B.C. ca. 1500-500 B.C. ca. 1000 B.C. ca. 563-ca. 483 B.C. ca. 326-184 B.C. ca. 180 B.C.-A.D. 150 ca. A.D. 320-550 606-47 711 750-1150 1150-1202 GROWTH OF ISLAM 997-1027 1202 1206-1398 1398 1414-50 1451-1526 THE MUGHAL PERIOD 1526 1556-1605 1605-27 1628-58 1658-1707 1707-1858 BRITISH PERIOD 1757 1835

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Indus Valley culture. Migrations of Aryan-speaking tribes; the Vedic Age. Settlement of Bengal by Dravidian-speaking peoples. Life of Siddartha Gautama--the Buddha; founding of Buddhism. Mauryan Empire; reign of Ashoka (269-232 B.C.); spread of  Buddhism. Shaka dynasties in Indus Valley. Gupta Empire; classical age in North India. North Indian empire of Harsha. Arab invaders conquer Sindh, establish Islamic presence in India. Pala Dynasty. Sena Dynasty.

Mahmud of Ghazni raids Indian subcontinent from Afghanistan. Turkish conquerors defeat Sena Dynasty and overrun Bengal. Delhi Sultanate. Timur sacks Delhi. Sayyid Dynasty; renewal of Delhi Sultanate. Lodi Dynasty.

Babur lays foundation of Mughal Empire; wins First Battle of  Panipat. Akbar expands and reforms the empire; Mughals win Second Battle of Panipat. Reign of Jahangir; in 1612 East India Company opens first trading post (factory). Reign of Shah Jahan. Reign of Aurangzeb, last great Mughal ruler. Lesser emperors; decline of the Mughal Empire. Battle of Plassey--British victory over Mughal forces in Bengal; British rule in India begins. Institution of British education and other reform measures.

1857-58 1858 1885 1905 1906 1909 1912 1916 1919 1935 1940 August 16, 1946 INDEPENDENT INDIA

Revolt of Indian sepoys (soldiers) against East India Company. East India Company dissolved; rule of India under the British crown-the British Raj--begins with Government of India Act; formal end of  Mughal Empire. Indian National Congress (Congress) formed. Partition of Bengal into separate provinces of Eastern Bengal and Assam, West Bengal. All-India Muslim League (Muslim League) founded. Morley-Minto Reforms; separate electorates for Muslims. Partition of Bengal annulled; new province of Bihar and Orissa formed; plans to move capital from Calcutta to Delhi announced. Congress-League Scheme of Reforms (often referred to as Lucknow Pact) signed. Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms; Government of India Act. Government of India Act of 1935. Muslim League adopts Lahore Resolution; "Two Nations" theory articulated by Muslim League leader Mohammad Ali Jinnah and others. "Direct Action Day" of Muslim League.

Partition of British India; India achieves independence and incorporates West Bengal and Assam; Jawaharlal Nehru becomes prime minister of India. Pakistan is created and incorporates East August 15, 1947 Bengal (the East Wing, or East Pakistan) and territory in the northwest (the West Wing, or West Pakistan); Jinnah becomes governor general of Pakistan. August 15, 1947-May Jawaharlal Nehru serves as prime minister and leader of Congress27, 1964 controlled government. October 22, 1947Undeclared war with Pakistan; ends with United Nations-arranged January 1, 1949 ceasefire. January 30, 1948 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi.

October 20 November 21, 1962 June 9, 1964-January 11, 1966 August 5-September  23, 1965 January 24, 1966March 24, 1977 December 3-16, 1971 June 25, 1975January 18, 1977

Border war with China. Lal Bhadur Shastri serves as prime minister of Congress-led government. Second war with Pakistan. Indira Gandhi serves as prime minister for first time, head of  government initially led by Congress, later Congress (R). Third war with Pakistan; Bangladesh becomes independent following Indian invasion of East Pakistan. State of Emergency proclaimed by Indira Gandhi.

March 24, 1977-July Morarji Desai serves as prime minister as head of a multiparty front, 28, 1979 Janata Party, India's first non-Congress government. July 28, 1979Chaudhury Charan Singh serves as prime minister as head of a January 14, 1980 Janata-led coalition government. January 14, 1980Indira Ganhdi serves as prime minister for second time, head of  October 31, 1984 Congress (I) government. October 31, 1984 Indira Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi. October 31, 1984Rajiv Gandhi serves as prime minister of Congress (I)-led December 2, 1989 government. December 2, 1989- Vishwanath Pratap Singh serves as prime minister of National Front November 7, 1990 led coalition government. Chandra Shekhar serves as prime minister, heading Samajwadi  November 10, 1990June 20, 1991 Janata Party government. May 21, 1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassinated near Madras. June 20, 1991-May P.V. Narasimha Rao serves as prime minister of Congress (I)-led 15, 1996 government. Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, destroyed by Hindu activists. Communal violence in wake of Babri Masjid destruction wracks January-March 1993 Indian cities, especially Bombay, which suffered from a series of  bomb blasts in March. Unpopular Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act of  May 1995 1985 allowed to lapse April 27-May 7, 1996 General elections for Lok Sabha oust Congress (I) government of  P.V. Narasimha Rao. Minority Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government led by Prime May 15-28, 1996 Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee resigns after thirteen days. Haradanahalli (H.D.) Deve Gowda, head of thirteen-party United June 1, 1996 Front, sworn in as India's eleventh prime minister.

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Events of 1979 [edit edit]] January January 1 –  1 – United United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the  International Year of the Child . Many musicians donate to the Music for UNICEF  ABBA,, who wrote the song Chiquitita Chiquitita,, to commemorate the Concert fund including ABBA event. January 1 – 1 – The United States and the People's Republic of China establish full diplomatic relations. January Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 January 4 – 4 – The State of Ohio of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of the dead and injured in the Kent State shootings. shootings. January 7 –  7 – Vietnam Vietnam and Vietnam-backed Cambodian insurgents announce the fall of  Phnom Penh, Penh, Cambodia Cambodia,, and the collapse of the Pol Pot regime. Pol Pot and the Khmer  Rouge retreat west to an area along the Thai border. January 8 – 8 – The French tanker  Betelgeuse Bantry,,  Betelgeuse explodes at the Gulf Oil terminal at Bantry Ireland;; 50 are killed. Ireland January 9 – 9 – The Music for UNICEF Concert is held at the United Nations General Assembly to raise money for UNICEF for UNICEF and promote the Year of the Child. It is broadcast the following day in the United States and around the world. Hosted by The Bee Gees, Gees, other performers include Donna Summer , ABBA ABBA,, Rod Stewart and Earth, Wind & Fire. Fire. A soundtrack album is later released. January 16 – 16 – Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran flees Iran with his family, relocating to Egypt after a year of turmoil. January 19 – 19 – Former U.S. Attorney General John N. Mitchell is released on parole on parole after  19 months at a federal prison in Alabama. January 21 –  21 – Super Super Bowl XIII: XIII: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys 35–31 at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami Miami,, Florida Florida.. January 29 –  29 – Brenda Brenda Ann Spencer opens Spencer opens fire at a school in San Diego, California, California, killing 2 faculty members and wounding 8 students. Her response to the action, "I don't like Mondays," inspired the Boomtown Rats to make a song of the same name. name. •

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1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 February 1 – Convicted bank robber Patty Hearst is released from prison after her  sentence is commuted by U.S. President Jimmy Carter . February 1 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile. February 3 – Khomeini creates the Council of the Islamic Revolution. February 7 – Supporters of Khomeini take over the Iranian law enforcement, courts and government administration; the final session of the Iranian National Consultative Assembly is held. February 7 – Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was known to science. February 10 – February 11 – The Iranian army mutinies and joins the Islamic Revolution. February 11 – Khomeini seizes power in Iran. February 12 – Prime Minister Hissène Habré starts the Battle of N'Djamena in an attempt to overthrow Chad's President Félix Malloum. February 13 – The intense February 13, 1979 Windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a 1/2-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge. February 14 – In Kabul, Muslim extremists kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs, who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police. February 14 – Following her 1972 sex reassignment surgery, musician Wendy Carlos legally changes her name from Walter. She later reveals this information in an interview in the May 1979 issue of  Playboy Magazine. February 15 – A suspected gas explosion in a Warsaw bank kills 49. February 17 – The People's Republic of China invades northern Vietnam, launching the Sino-Vietnamese War . February 18 – The Sahara Desert experiences snow for 30 minutes. February 22 – Saint Lucia becomes independent of the United Kingdom. February 26 – A total solar eclipse arcs over northern Canada, and a partial solar eclipse is visible over almost all of  North America and Central America. [1] February 27 – The annual Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans, Louisiana is canceled due to a strike called by the New Orleans Police Department.

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1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 30 31 March 1 – Scotland votes narrowly for home rule, which is not implemented, and Wales votes against it. March 4 – The U.S. Voyager I spaceprobe photos reveal Jupiter's rings. March 5 – Voyager I makes its closest approach to Jupiter at 172,000 miles. March 7 – The largest Magnetar (Soft gamma repeater ) event is recorded. March 8 – Philips demonstrates Compact Disc publicly for the first time. March 13 – Maurice Bishop leads a successful coup in Grenada. March 14 – In China, a Hawker Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing, killing at least 200. March 17 – The Penmanshiel Tunnel in the U.K. collapses, killing 2 workers. March 18 – Ten miners die in a methane gas explosion at Golborne Colliery near Wigan, Lancashire.[1] March 25 – The first fully functional space shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center , to be prepared for its first launch. March 26 – In a ceremony at the White House, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel sign a peace treaty. March 28 – In Britain, Jim Callaghan's government loses a motion of confidence by 1 vote, forcing a general election. March 29 – America's most serious nuclear power plant accident, at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania. March 29 – Sultan Yahya Petra of Kelantan, the 6th Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Head of  State) of Malaysia, dies in office. He is replaced by Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang. March 30 – Airey Neave, World War II veteran and Conservative Northern Ireland spokesman, is killed by an Irish National Liberation Army bomb in the British House of  Commons car park. March 31 – The last British soldier (belonging to the Royal Navy) leaves the Maltese Islands, after 179 years of presence. Malta declares its Freedom Day (Jum il-Helsien). March 31 – Gali Atari and Milk and Honey win the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 for  Israel, with the song Hallelujah.

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16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 April 1 – Iran's government becomes an Islamic Republic by a 98% vote, overthrowing the Shah officially. April 1 – April 18 – Police lock Andreas Mihavecz in a holding cell in Bregenz, Austria, and forget about, leaving him there without food or drink. April 1 – The Pinwheel Network changes its name to Nickelodeon and begins airing on various Warner Cable systems beginning in Buffalo, New York, expanding its audience reach. April 2 – Sverdlovsk Anthrax leak : A Soviet biowarfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk  accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of  livestock . April 10 – A tornado hits Wichita Falls, Texas, killing 42 people (the most notable of 26 tornadoes that day). April 11 – Tanzanian troops take Kampala, the capital of Uganda; Idi Amin flees. April 15 – 1979 Montenegro Earthquake: A major earthquake (7.0 on the Richter scale) strikes Montenegro (then part of Yugoslavia) and parts of Albania, causing extensive damage to coastal areas and taking 136 lives; the old town of Budva is devastated. April 17 – Schoolchildren in the Central African Republic are arrested (and around 100 killed) for protesting against compulsory school uniforms. An African judicial commission later determines that Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa "almost certainly" took   part in the massacre. April 20 – President Jimmy Carter is attacked by a swamp rabbit while fishing in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. April 22 – The Albert Einstein Memorial is unveiled at The National Academy of  Sciences in Washington, DC. April 23 – Fighting in London between the Anti-Nazi League and the Metropolitan Police's Special Patrol Group results in the death of protestor Blair Peach. •

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May 4: Thatcher  May 1 – Greenland gets home rule. May 4 – Counting in the previous day's British general election shows that the Conservatives have won and Margaret Thatcher  becomes the new prime minister. May 8 – The Manchester , England Woolworth's in city centre is seriously damaged by fire; 10 shoppers die. May 9 – A Unabomber  bomb injures Northwestern University graduate student John Harris. May 10 – The Federated States of Micronesia becomes self-governing. May 21 – After Dan White receives a light sentence for killing San Francisco Mayor  George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk , gay men in the city riot. May 21 – The Montréal Canadiens defeat the New York Rangers 4 games to 1 in the  best-of-seven series, winning the Stanley Cup. May 25 – American Airlines Flight 191: In Chicago, a DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, killing 271 on board and 2 people on the ground. May 25 – John Spenkelink is executed in Florida, in the first use of the electric chair in America after the reintroduction of death penalty in 1976. May 27 – Indianapolis 500: Rick Mears wins the race for the first time, and car owner  Roger Penske for the second time. •

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June Tu We Th Fr Sa Su 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 June 1 – The Vizianagaram district is formed in Andhra Pradesh, India. June 1 – The first black-led government of Rhodesia in 90 years takes power, in succession to Ian Smith and under his power-sharing deal. June 1 – The Seattle SuperSonics win the NBA Championship against the Washington Bullets.

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June 2 – Pope John Paul II arrives in his native Poland on his first official, nine-day stay,  becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country. This visit, known as nine days that changed the world, brought about the solidarity of the Polish peoples against communism, ultimately leading to the rise of the Solidarity movement. June 3 – A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 600,000 tons (176,400,000 gallons) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the worst oil spill to date. Some estimate the spill to be 428 million gallons, making it the largest unintentional oil spill ever. June 3 – General elections are held in Italy. June 4 – Joe Clark becomes Canada's 16th and youngest Prime Minister. June 4 – Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Akuffo is overthrown. June 7 – The first direct elections to the European Parliament begin, allowing citizens from across all then-9 European Community member states to elect 410 MEPs. It is also the first international election in history. June 12 – Bryan Allen flies the man-powered Gossamer Albatross across the English Channel. June 18 – Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev sign the SALT II agreement in Vienna. June 20 – A Nicaraguan National Guard soldier kills ABC TV news correspondent Bill Stewart and his interpreter Juan Espinosa. Other members of the news crew capture the killing on tape. June 23 – Sydney: New South Wales Premier  Neville Wran officially opens the Eastern Suburbs Railway. It operates as a shuttle between Central & Bondi Junction until full integration with the Illawarra Line in 1980. June 24 – Bologna (Italy): foundation of the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal, an international opinion tribunal, at the initiative of Senator Lelio Basso. June 25 – Belgium: NATO Supreme Allied Commander Alexander Haig escapes an assassination attempt by the Baader-Meinhof terrorist organization.

[edit] July July Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 July 1 – Sweden outlaws corporal punishment in the home. July 3 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul. July 8 – Los Angeles passes its gay and lesbian civil rights bill. •

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July 9 – A car bomb destroys a Renault owned by Nazi hunters Serge and Beate Klarsfeld at their home in France. A note purportedly from ODESSA claims responsibility. July 11 –  NASA's first orbiting space station Skylab begins its return to Earth, after being in orbit for 6 years and 2 months. July 12 – Kiribati declares independence from the United Kingdom. July 12 – A Disco Demolition Night  publicity stunt goes awry at Comiskey Park , forcing the Chicago White Sox to forfeit their game against the Detroit Tigers. July 12 – Carmine Galante, boss of the Bonanno crime family, is assassinated. July 12 – A fire at a hotel in Saragossa, Spain leaves 72 dead. Worst hotel fire in Europe in decades. July 16 – Iraqi President Hasan al-Bakr resigns and Vice President Saddam Hussein replaces him. July 17 –  Nicaraguan dictator General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami, Florida. July 19 – Maritza Sayalero of Venezuela wins the Miss Universe Pageant; the stage collapses after contestants and news photographers rush to her throne. July 19 – The Sandinista National Liberation Front concludes a successful revolutionary campaign against the U.S. backed Somoza dictatorship and assumes power in Nicaragua. July 19 – Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo becomes prime minister of Portugal

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August Tu We Th Fr Sa Su 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 August 5 – The Polisario Front signs a peace treaty with Mauritania. August 9 – The first British nudist beach is established in Brighton. August 9 – Raymond Washington, co-founder of the Crips, today one of the largest, most notorious gangs in the United States, is shot and killed 5 months after his arrest for  quadruple murder (his killers have not yet been identified). August 10 – Michael Jackson releases his first breakthrough album Off the Wall . It sells 7 million copies in the United States alone, making it a 7x platinum album. August 14 – A freak storm during the Fastnet Race results in the death of 15 sailors. August 27 – Lord Mountbatten of Burma and 3 others are assassinated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army. He was a British admiral, statesman and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. On the same day, the Warrenpoint ambush occurs: Provisional Irish Republican Army members attack a British convoy at Narrow Water, County Down, killing 18 British soldiers.

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August 28 – The death toll of the previous day's IRA bombing reaches 5 when Doreen Knatchbull, Baroness Brabourne, 83, dies in a hospital as a result of her injuries. August 29 – A national referendum is held in which Somali voters approve a new liberal constitution, promulgated by President Siad Barre to placate the United States.

[edit] September September Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 September 1 – The U.S. Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn, when it  passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 km. September 7 – The Entertainment Sports Programming Network, known as ESPN, debuts. September 9 – The long-running comic strip For Better or For Worse begins its run. September 12 – Hurricane Frederic makes landfall at 10:00 p.m. on Alabama's Gulf  Coast. September 16 – Two families flee from East Germany by balloon. September 20 – French paratroopers help David Dacko to overthrow Bokassa in the Central African Republic. September 22 – The South Atlantic Flash is observed near Bouvet Island, thought to be a nuclear weapons test. September 30 – The Hong Kong MTR  begins service with the opening of its Modified Initial System (aka Kwun Tong Line). •

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October Tu We Th Fr Sa Su 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 October 1 –  Nigeria terminates military rule, and the Nigerian Second Republic is established. October 1 – October 6 – Pope John Paul II visits the United States. October 6 – Federal Reserve System changes from an interest rate target policy to a money supply target policy, causing interest rate fluctuations and economic recession.

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October 9 – Peter Brock wins the Bathurst 1000 by a record 6 laps, with a lap record on the last lap. October 14 – A major gay rights march in the United States takes place in Washington, D.C., involving many tens of thousands of people. October 15 – Black Monday events, in which members of a political group sack a newspaper office, unfold in Malta. October 16 – A tsunami in Nice, France kills 23 people. October 17 – The Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Baltimore Orioles in Game 7 of the World Series. Willie Stargell is named the Series MVP. October 19 – 13 Marines die in a fire at Camp Fuji, Japan as a result of Typhoon Tip.[2] October 26 – Park Chung-hee, the President of South Korea, is assassinated by KCIA director Kim Jaegyu. October 27 – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains independence. October 31 – Birth Evangelist Raj Kumar Ganta, the wellknown evangelist and founder  of APPLE Association.

[edit] November November Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30  November 1 – Iran hostage crisis: Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini urges his people to demonstrate on November 4 and to expand attacks on United States and Israeli interests.  November 2 – French police shoot gangster Jacques Mesrine in Paris.  November 2 – Assata Shakur (née Joanne Chesimard), a former member of Black  Panther Party and Black Liberation Army, escapes from a New York prison to Cuba, where she remains under political asylum.  November 3 – In Greensboro, North Carolina, 5 members of the Communist Workers Party are shot to death and 7 are wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis, during a "Death to the Klan" rally.  November 4 – Iran hostage crisis begins: 3,000 Iranian radicals, mostly students, invade the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and take 90 hostages (53 of whom are American). They demand that the United States send the former Shah of Iran back to stand trial.  November 5 – The radio news program Morning Edition premieres on National Public Radio.  November 6 – At Montevideo, Uruguay, the International Olympic Committee adopts a resolution, whereby Taiwan Olympic and sports teams will participate with the name •

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Chinese Taipei in future Olympics Games and international sports tournaments and championships.  November 7 – U.S. Senator Edward Moore Kennedy announces that he will challenge President Jimmy Carter for the 1980 Democratic presidential nomination.  November 9 – The Carl Bridgewater murder trial ends with all 4 men found guilty. James Robinson, 45, and 25-year-old Vincent Hickey are sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommended 25-year minimum for murder. 18-year-old Michael Hickey is also found guilty of murder and sentenced to indefinite detention. Patrick Molloy, 53, is found guilty on a lesser charge of manslaughter and sentenced to 12 years in prison.[3]  November 9 – Nuclear false alarm: the NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland detected purported massive Soviet nuclear strike. After reviewing the raw data from satellites and checking the early warning radars, the alert was cancelled.[4]  November 12 – Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, U.S. President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all oil imports into the United States from Iran.  November 12 – Süleyman Demirel, of AP forms the new government of Turkey (43rd government, a minority government)  November 14 – Iran hostage crisis: U.S. President Jimmy Carter issues Executive Order  12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States and U.S. banks in response to the hostage crisis.  November 16 – Bucharest Metro Line One is opened, in Bucharest, Romania (from Timpuri Noi to Semanatoarea stations, 8.63 km).  November 17 – Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and African American hostages being held at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.  November 20 – A group of 200 Juhayman al-Otaibi militants occupy Mecca's Grand Mosque. They are driven out by French commandos (allowed into the city under these special circumstances despite their being non-Muslims) after bloody fighting that leaves 250 people dead and 600 wounded.  November 21 – After false radio reports from the Ayatollah Khomeini that the Americans had occupied the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan is attacked by a mob and set afire, killing 4 (see Foreign relations of Pakistan).  November 23 – In Dublin, Ireland, Provisional Irish Republican Army member Thomas McMahon is sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of Lord Mountbatten of  Burma.  November 28 – Air New Zealand Flight 901: an Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mount Erebus (in Antarctica) on a sightseeing trip, killing all 257 people on board.

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17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 December 3 – Eleven fans are killed during a stampede for seats before The Who concert at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio. December 3 – The United States dollar exchange rate with the Deutsche Mark falls to 1.7079 DM, the all-time low so far; this record is not broken until November 5, 1987. December 4 – The Hastie fire in Kingston upon Hull, England, leads to the deaths of 3  boys and begins the hunt for Bruce George Peter Lee, the UK's most prolific killer. December 5 – Jack Lynch resigns as Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland; he is succeeded by Charles Haughey. December 6 – The world premiere for Star Trek: The Motion Picture is held at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. December 9 – The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first and to date only human disease driven to extinction. December 12 – A major earthquake and tsunami kills 259 people in Colombia. December 21 – A ceasefire for Rhodesia is signed at London. December 23 – The highest aerial tramway in Europe, the Klein Matterhorn, opens. December 24 – The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan. December 24 – The first European Ariane rocket is launched. December 26 – In Rhodesia, 96 Patriotic Front guerrillas enter the capital Salisbury to monitor a ceasefire that begins December 28. December 27 – The Soviet Union seizes control of Afghanistan, and Babrak Karmal replaces overthrown and executed President Hafizullah Amin. •

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The One Child Policy is implemented in China in this year. VisiCalc becomes the first commercial spreadsheet program. The first usenet experiments are conducted by Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis of Duke University. Sony Walkman first marketed. Worldwide per capita oil production reaches an historic peak . McDonald's introduces the Happy Meal in June. Lego's golden age begins. Chrysler receives government loan guarantees upon the request of CEO Lee Iacocca.

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1979

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September 20 – Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah, King of Malaysia (b. 1907) September 20 – Ludvík Svoboda, president of Czechoslovakia (b. 1895) September 22 – Abul Ala Maududi, Pakistani journalist and philosopher (b. 1903) September 24 – Carl Laemmle, Jr., American film studio executive (b. 1908) September 26 – John Cromwell, American film director and actor (b. 1887) September 26 – Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (b. 1911) September 27 – Gracie Fields, British actress (b. 1898) September 27 – Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish Guitarist (Paul McCartney & Wings) (b. 1953) September 28 – John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist (b. 1921) September 29 – Francisco Macías Nguema, first president of Equatorial Guinea (executed) (b. 1924)

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October 1 – Dorothy Arzner , American film director (b. 1897) October 1 – Roy Harris, American composer (b. 1898) October 6 – Elizabeth Bishop, American poet (b. 1911) October 10 – Dr Christopher Evans, British psychologist and computer scientist (b. 1931) October 12 – Katharine Blodgett, American Scientist and inventor (b. 1898) October 13 – Rebecca Helferich Clarke, English composer and violist (b. 1886) October 13 – Clarence Muse, American actor (b. 1889) October 13 – Archibald Roosevelt, American conservative political activist, son of  President Theodore Roosevelt (b. 1894) October 16 – Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (b. 1903) October 17 – S.J. Perelman, American humorist (b. 1904) October 22 –  Nadia Boulanger , French composer and composition teacher (b. 1887) October 26 – Park Chung-Hee, President of South Korea (b. 1917) October 30 – Barnes Wallis, British aeronautical engineer (b. 1887) October 30 – Donna Rachele Mussolini, Italian, wife of Benito Mussolini (b. 1890)  November 1 – Mamie Eisenhower , First Lady of the United States (b. 1896)  November 5 – Al Capp, American cartoonist (b. 1909)  November 6 – Chick Evans, American golf champion (b. 1890)  November 11 – Dimitri Tiomkin, Russian film composer (b. 1894)  November 17 – Immanuel Velikovsky, Russian author and psychiatrist (b. 1895)  November 21 – Marie Byles, Australian conservationist (b. 1900)  November 21 – Paul Wexler , American actor (b. 1929)  November 23 – Merle Oberon, British actress (b. 1911)

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 November 29 – Zeppo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1901) December 3 – Dhyan Chand, Indian hockey player (b. 1905) December 10 – Ann Dvorak , American actress (b. 1911) December 13 – Jon Hall, American actor (b. 1915) December 15 – Ethel Lackie, American Olympic swimmer (b. 1907) December 22 – Darryl F. Zanuck , American film producer (b. 1902) December 23 – Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (b. 1898) December 25 – Joan Blondell, American actress (b. 1906) December 25 – Jordi Bonet, Canadian artist (b. 1932) December 25 – Lee Bowman, American actor (b. 1914) December 27 – Hafizullah Amin, General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of  Afghanistan, President of Afghanistan (b. 1929) December 30 – Richard Rodgers, American composer (b. 1902)

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Physics – Sheldon Lee Glashow, Abdus Salam, Steven Weinberg Chemistry – Herbert C. Brown, Georg Wittig Medicine – Allan M. Cormack , Godfrey N. Hounsfield Literature – Odysseas Elytis Peace – Mother Teresa Economics – Theodore Schultz, Arthur Lewis

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Important Dates in Indian History December 21, 2006  Important Dates in Indian History

BC 3000-1500 Indus Valley Civilisation 576 Birth of Gautam Buddha 527 Birth of Mahavir  327-326 Alexander’s invasion of India. It opened a land route between India and Europe 313 Accession of Chandragupta Maurya according to Jain traditions 305 Defeat of Seleucus at the hands of Chandragupta Maurya 273-232 Ashoka’s reign 261 Conquest of Kalinga 145-101 Region of Elara, the Chola King of Sri Lanka 58 Beginning of Vikrami era AD 78 Beginning of Saka era 120 Accession of Kanishka 320 Commencement of Gupta era. the golden age of Hindu India 380 Accession of Vikramaditya 405-411 Visit of Chinese traveller Fa-hien 415 Accession of Kumara Gupta I 455 Accession of Skando Gupta

606-647 Harshavardhan’s reign 712 First invasion in Sind by Arabs 836 Accession of King Bhoja of Kannauj 985 Accession of Rajaraja,the Chola ruler  998 Accession of Sultan Mahmud 1001 First invasion of India by Mahmud Chazni who defeated jaipal, ruler of Punjab 1025 Destruction of Somnath Temple by Mahmud Ghzni 1191 First Battle of Tarain 1192 Second Battle of Tarain 1206 Accession of Qutab-ud-din Aibak to the throne of Delhi 1210 Death of Qutub-ud-din Aibak  1221 Changes Khan invaded India (Mongol invasion) 1236 Accession of Razia Sultan to the throne of Delhi 1240 Razia Sultan dies 1296 Accession of Ala–ud-din Khilji 1316 Ala-ud-din Khilji dies 1325 Accession of Muhammad-bin Tughlaq 1327 Shifting of Capital from Delhi to Daulatabad to Deccan by the Tughlaqs 1336 Foundation of Vijayanagar empire in the South 1351 Accession of Feroze Shah 1398 Invasion of India by Timur Lang 1469 Birth of Gurunanak  1494 Accession of Babar in Farghana 1497-98 First voyage of Vasco da Gama to India( discovery of sea route to India via the Cape of  Good Hope 1526 First Battle of Panipat, Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodhi; Foundation of Mughal rule by Babar  1527 Battle of Khanya’Babar defeated Rana Sanga 1530 Death of Babar and accession of Humayun 1539 Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayan and became India’s emperor  1540 Battle of Kannauj 1555 Humayan recaptured the throne of Delhi 1556 Second Battle of Panipat 1565 Battle of Talikota 1576 Battle of Haldighati; Rana Pratap defeated by Akbar  1582 Din-e-Illahi founded by Akbar  1597 Death of Rana Pratap 1600 East India Company established 1605 Death of Akbar and accession of Jehangir  1606 Execution of Guru Arjun Dev 1611 Jehangir marries Nur jahan. 1616 Sir Thomas Roe visits Jehangir  1627 Birth of Shivaji and death of Jehangir  1628 Shahjahan becomes emperor of India 1631 Death of Mumtaj Mahal 1634 The British permitted to trade in india in Bengal 1659 Accession of Aurangzeb, Shahjahan imprisoned 1665 Shivaji imprisoned by Aurangzeb 1666 Death of Shahjahan

1675 Execution of Teg Bahadur,the ninth Guru of Sikhs 1680 Death of Shivaji 1707 Death of Aurangzeb 1708 Death of Guru Gobind Singh 1739 Nadir Shah invades India 1757 Battle of Plassey, establishment of Britishn political rule in India at the hands of Lord Clive. 1761 Third Battle of Panipat;Shah Alam II becomes India’s emperor  1764 Battle of Buxar  1765 Clive appointed Company’s Governor in India 1767-69 First Mysore war  1770 The great Bangal Famine 1780 Birth of Maharaja Ranjit Singh 1780-84 Second Mysore War  1784 Pitt’s Omdoa Act 1790-92 Third Mysore War  1793 The Permanent Settlement of Bengal 1799 Fourth Mysore War- Death of Tipu Sultan 1802 Treaty of Bassein 1809 Treaty of Amritsar  1829 Practice of Sati Prohibited 1830 Raja-Ram Mohun Roy, founder of Brahmo Samaj,visits England. 1833 Death of Raja Ram Mohun Roy. 1839 Death of Maharaj Ranjit Singh 1839-42 First Afghan War  1845-46 First Anglo-Sikh War  1852 Second Anglo-Burmese War  1853 First Railway line opened between Bombay and Thane and a Telegraph line in Calcutta 1857 The sepoy Mutiny or First War of Independence 1861 Birth of Rabindranath Tagore 1869 Birth of Mahatma Gandhi 1885 Foundation of Indian National Congress 1889 Birth of Jawaharlal Nehru 1897 Birth of Subhash Chandra Bose 1904 Tibet Expedition 1905 First partition of Bengal under Lord Curzon 1906 Foundation of Muslim League 1911 Delhi Darbar;King and Queen visit India;Delhi becomes the capital of India 1916 World War 1 begins 1916 Lucknow Pact signed by Muslim League and Congress 1918 World War 1 ends 1919 Montague-Chelmsfor Reforms introduced,Jallianwala Bagh massacreat Amritsar  1920 Khilafar Movement launched 1927 Boycott of Simon Commission,broadcasting started in India 1928 Death of lal Lajpat Rai ( Sher-e-Punjab) 1929 Lord Orwaom’s Pact, resolution of complete independence passed at Lahore Congress 1930 Civil Disobedience Movement launched;Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi(April 6, 1970 ) 1931 Gandhi-Irwin Pact

1935 Government of India Act enacted 1937 Provincial Autonomy,Congress forms ministers 1939 World War II begins (September i ) 1941 Death of Rabindranath Tagore, escape of Subhash Chandra Bose from India 1942 Arrival of Cripps Mission in India, ‘Quit India’ movement launched (Aug.8) 1943-44 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose forms provincial Azad Hindu Hukumat and Indian  National Army, Bengal famine 1945 Trial of Indian National Army at Red Fort;Shimla Conference World War II ends 1946 British Cabinet Mission visits India; Interim Government formed at the Centre, 1947 Division of India; India and Pakistan form separate independent dominions 1948 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated (Jan.30); integration of princely states. 1949 Cease-fire in Kashmir,indian Constitution signed and adopted(Nov.26) 1950 India becomes a Sovereign Democratic Republic (Jan.26)and Constitution of India comes into force 1951 First Five-year Plan.First Asian Games held in Delhi 1952 First General Elections of the Lok Sabha 1953 Conquest of Mt.Everest by Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary 1956 Second Five-Year Plan launched 1957 Second General Elkections;decimal coinage introduced, Liberation of Goa. 1962 Third General Elections in India; Chinese attack on India (Dec 20 ) 1963 Nagaland becomes the 16th indian State 1964 Death of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru 1965 Pakistan attacks India 1966 Tashkent Pact;Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri; Mrs. Indira Gandhi elected Prime Minister of  India. 1967 Fourth General Elections;Dr Zakir Hussain elected the third president of India 1969 V.V.Giri elected President of India, Nationalisation of the leading banks by Presidential ordinance. 1970 Meghalaya designated as autonomous state. 1971 Himachal Pradesh becomes a State;Indo-Pak War, Bangladesh is born 1972 Shimla agreement;Death of C.Rajagopalachari 1973 Mysore State renamed Karnataka 1974 India explodes a nuclear device; Fakhuruddin Ali Ahmed elected as fifth President Sikkim  becomes on associate State of India 1975 India launches ‘Aryabhata’; Sikkim becomes 22nd State of the Indian Union; State of  Emergency is declared 1976 India and China establish diplomatic relations 1977 Sixth General Elections; Janata Party gets majority in Lok Sabha; Neelam Sanjiva Reddy elected sixth President of India 1979 Morarji Desai resigns as Prime Minister,Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister;Charan Singh resigns ( Aug 20 ) Sixth Lok Sabha dissolved 1980 Seventh General Elections;Congress I comes to power;Mrs Indira Gandhi sworn in as Prime Minister; Sanjay Gandhi dies in an air crash, India Launches SLV-3 into space carrying Rohini Satellite 1982 Longest bridge in Asia opened ( March 2 ); Acharya J.B. Kripalani dies ( March 19) INSAT.1A launched; Giani Zail Singh elected President of India (July 15) Over 500 persons killed in Gujarat Cyclone ( Nov.5); Acharua Vinobha dies (Nov 15) IX Asian Games

inaugurated (Nov 19) 1983 CHOGM held in New Delhi 1984 Operation Blue Star in Punjab; Rakesh Sharma goes into space; Mrs. Indira Gandhi assassinated; Rajiv Gandhi becomes PM 1985 Rajiv-Longowal accord signed; Sant H.S. Longowal killed elections in Punjab; Assam accord; VII Five-Year Plan launched 1986 Mizoram accord. 1987 R.Venkataraman elected President; Shankar Dayal Sharma elected Vice-President of India, Bofors gun and Fairfax controversies 1989 Ram Shilanyas Puja at Ayodhyat; India’s first IRBM ‘ Agni’ successfully launched from Orissa (May 22); Trishul Missile test fised (June 5); Second successful launch of Prithvi (Sept 27); Rajiv Government loses poll and resigns (Nov.29); Jawahar Rozgar Yojna launched (Nov.29);National front leader V.P. Singh sworn in as seventh PM, New cabinet sworn in (Dec.2), Ninth Lok Sabha constituted 1990 Last of IPKF return home (March 25); Indian Airlines A-320 Airbus Crash (Feb. 14); Janata Dal splits; BJP withdraws support to the Government;Advani takes out Rath Yatra and is arrested, Mandal Report implemented announced by V.P. Singh Violence in Ayodhya due to Ram Janam Bhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute 1991 Gulf War breaks out (Jan. 17); Rajiv Gandhi assassinated (May 21); X Lok Sabha constituted (June 20); P. V. Narasimha Rao becomes Prime Minister  1992 India establishes full diplomatic ties with Israel (Jan. 29); Bharat Ratna and Oscar winner  Satyajit Ray dies (April 23); S.D.Sharma elected President (July 25); INS Shakti-first indigeneously built submarine was launched on Feb. 7 1993 Ordinance to acquire 67.33 acres in Ayodhya (Jan 7); Massive security falls in BJP rally; Wave of bombing leaves 300 dead in Bombay; Insat-2B becomes fully operational; Earthquake in Maharashtra 1994 Government monopoly over civil aviation ends; Storm over GATT treaty;Plague outbreak; Sushmita Sen-Miss Universe; Aishwarya Rai-Miss World 1995 Mayawati First Dalit Chief Minister of UP; BJP comes to power in Maharashtra and Gujarat, Janata Dal in Karnataka and Congress in Orissa; Indian National Congress (T) formed; President’s Rule in UP after fall of Mayawati; INSAT 2C and IRSI-C launched 1996 Hawala takes toll of several Union Ministers ans opposition leaders; PSLV D3 launched on March 21 with IRSP-3 ushering new era in India space programme; Eleventh Lok Sabha Elections held on April 127-BJP emerges as the single largest party 1997 On August 15, India celebrated its 50th year of Independence 1998 Death of Mother Teressa; Atal Behari Vajpayee becomes Indian Prime Minister; India explodes its second nuclear device (Pokhran II) 1999 India Airlines plane IC-814 hijacked by terrorists and taken to Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Dec 24, 1999. Three militants released by Indian govt.for the freedom of hostages kept as  passengers. In June 1999, Flt. Lt. K. Nachiketa, the captured Indian pilot, released by Pakistan after eight days of captivity. ‘Operation Vijay’ launched by Indian Army to flush out Pakistani infiltrators inside LoC in the Kargil sector of J&K, India wins battle. 2000 US President Bill Clinton visits India during March 2000. Three new states Chhatisgarh, Uttaranchal and Jharkhand created.India’s population crossed one billion mark. 2001 ‘Agra Summit’ between India and Pakistan in July 2001; Worst natural calamity of India: Gujarat Earthquake in Jan 2001; ‘Tehelka.Com’ screened video tapes which opened the murky world of arms deal and its kickbacks to Indian Army officials, ministers and politicians in March 2001; VI th census of India (since Independence) concluded in March 2001. Enron bids farewall to Indian energy sector in August 2001; GSLV

launched successfully in April 2001 and PSLC-C3 launch conducted in October 2001. 2002 71-year old missile scientist, Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, is elected President of India; One of the most harrific communal roits in recent history, the Godhra Incident, happens on Feb 27, 2002 in Gujarat;National Water Policy announced in April, which aims at integrating water resources develpment and management for optimal and sustainable utilisation. 2003 Formation of Strategic Forces Command (SFO) and the Nuclear Command Authority (NCA) by India; Air Marshal Teja Mohan Asthana named first commander in chief of the SFC; Advanced multi purpose satellite, INSAT-3A is successfully launched into space from Kourou of  French Guyana; CBI forms an Economic Intelligence Wing to tackle white-collar crime in June; India’s adnaced communication satellite INSAT-3E is launched by an European rocket from the spaceport of Kourou of French Guyana in December  2004 NDA government ousted by the Congress and its allies in the General Election; Congress President Ms Sonia Gandhi opts against becoming Prime Minister of India despite being in a strong position; Congress and its allies forms government at the centre under the Prime Ministership of Dr. Manmohan Singh. ShareThis •

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These are the some memorable dates of Indian history.In which some great Events were held & some eminent personalities were born. These are some of the important dates of Indian history & culture , useful for general knowledge  purposes. B. C. 3000-2500 Indus Valley Civilization 563

Birth of Gautam Buddha; Nirvana (483 B.C.)

599

Birth of Mahavir; Nirvana (527 B.C.)

327-326

Alexander’s invasion of India. It opened the land route  between India and Europe

273-239

Ashoka’s Reign

261

Battle of Kalinga, Ashoka renounced war and violence

58

Beginning of Vikram Era (Calender)

A.D. 78

Beginning of Saka Era; Accession of Kanishka

320

Beginning of Gupta dynasty

405-411

Visit of Fahien (Chinese Traveller) to India

606-647

Harsh Vardhan’s Reign

629-645

Hieun Tsang’s travel in India.

712

Arab Invasion of Sind (by Mohd-bin-Qasim)

1001-1026 Sultan Mahmud Ghazni’s attacks on India 1025-26

Som Nath Temple sacked by Mahmud Ghazni

1191 .

First Battle of Tarain, Mohammed Gori was defeated by Prithvi Raj, the Chauhan king of Delhi

1192

Second Battle of Tarain, Mohammed Gori defeated Prithvi Raj Chauhan

1336

Vijayanagar Empire founded in South India

1347

Bahmani Kingdom founded in South India

1398

Invasion of India by Taimur Lang; Delhi sacked

1469

Birth of Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism

1498

Vasco-de-Gama discovered the sea-route to India via the Cape of Good Hope, arrived at Calicut

1526

Babur’s invasion; First Battle of Panipat; foundation of  Mughal Rule in North India

1556

Second Battle of Panipat; Death of Humayun, Accession of Akbar to the throne

1564-65

Battle of Talikota; abolition of Jazia

1576 Battle of Haldighati 1600 East India Company established in India 1605 Death of Akbar and accession of Jahangir  1627 Birth of Shivaji 1680 Death of Shivaji 1707 Death of Aurangzeb; Death of Guru Govind Singh; fall of the Mughal Empire begins 1739 Nadir Shah invaded India; The Peacock Throne taken away

 by him to Iran 1757 Battle of Plassey 1760 Battle of Wandiawash; End of French power in India 1761 Third Battle of Panipat 1764 Battle of Buxar  1793 Permanent Settlement in Bengal 1799 Fourth Mysore War; Death of Tipu Sultan; Partition of Mysore; Ranjit Singh occupied Lahore and made it capital. 1818 The fourth and the last Anglo Marthatta War. 1833 Death of Raja Ram Mohan Roy 1835 Introduction of English as medium of instruction. 1853 The First Indian Railway line opened from Bombay to Thane; The first telegraph communication 1856 (23rd July), Birth of Bal Gangadhar Tilak  1857 (10th May), First War of Indian Independence 1858 End of East India Company’s Rule; Queen Victoria’s Proclamation 1861 Birth of Rabindranath Tagore 1869 (2nd Oct.) Birth of Mahatma Gandhi 1885 (28th Dec.) Indian National Congress founded by A. O. Hume : First session of Congress in Bombay in 1885 presided by W.C. Bannerji 1889 (14th Nov.) Birth of Jawahar Lai Nehru 1905 First Partition of Bengal 1906 Formation of the All India Muslim League. 1909 Indian Councils Act or Morley Minto Reforms Bill passed 1911 Partition of Bengal revoked; Delhi made capital of British India 1914 (28th July) World War I started 1918 (11th Nov.) End of World War I 1919 Montague Chelmsford Reforms; Tragedy of Jaliyan Wala Bagh at Amritsar (13th April) 1928 Visit of Simon Commission; its boycott by the Congress; Death of Lala Lajpat Rai 1929 Congress resolution passed for complete independence at Lahore Session under the  presidentship of Jawahar Lai Nehru 1935 Government of India Act 1935 passed 1937 Inauguration of Provincial Autonomy 1941 Subash Chandra Bose escapes from India, Death of Rabindra Nath Tagore 1942 Quit India Resolution by Indian National Congress (8th Aug.) 1945 Simla Conference and the failure of the Wavell Plan : I.N.A. Trials at Red Fort, Delhi

1947 (15th Aug.) India achieves independence; Partition of India; Asian Relations Conference (23rd March) 1948 Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi (30th Jan.) 1950 India becomes a Sovereign Democratic Republic (26th Jan.), Death of Sardar Patel (15th Dec.) 1953 Mt. Everest conquered by Sherpa Tenzing and E.P. Hillary on May 29. 1961 Liberation of Goa 1962 Chinese attack on India (Oct. 20) 1965 Indo-Pak War  1966 Tashkent Pact between India and Pakistan 1969 Death of President Zakir Hussain on May 3; V. V. Giri elected President of India; Split in the Indian National Congress. 1971 Indo-Soviet Treaty signed on 9th Aug; 2nd Indo-Pak War (Dec. 3-17); defeat of Pakistan, liberation of Bangla Desh. 1972 Reorganisation of the North-Eastern region—Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura became full-fledged States and new Union Territories Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram came into being (Jan. 20, 21); Indo Bangla Desh Treaty; Indo-Pak Simla Agreement on 3rd July. 1974 India’s nuclear blast; the historic Constitution (Amendment) Bill passed making Sikkim as an associate State of India (Sept. 4); India and Portugal restore diplomatic relations. 1975 Sikkim votes for full-fledged statehood with Indian Union (April 15); Dr. S. Radhakrishnan  passes away (April 17); India’s entry into Space age by launching ‘Aryabhatta’ (April 19th); President gives assent to the Constitution (36th Amendment) Bill making Sikkim the 22nd State of the Union; Mrs. Indira Gandhi’s election set aside (June 12); Proclamaton of Emergency to ‘forestall internal disturbances (June 25). 1976 The four Indian News Agencies merged into a single News Agency known as ‘Samachar’; INS Udaygiri, India’s Third leander-class frigate commissioned (Feb. 18); India-Sri Lanka  boundary pact (signed on March 23) comes into force (May 10); India and Pakistan agree to restore diplomatic ties and reach accord on overflights, road and air-links (May 14); Krishna Waters Dispute Settled; Agreement reached in Delhi on establishment of a Non-Aligned News Pool (July); President’s assent to the 42nd Constitution (Amendment) Bill (Dec. 18). 1977 Defeat of Mrs. Indira Gandhi in the election. Morarji Desai takes oath of office as Prime Minister of India (March 24); Internal and External emergencies withdrawn; freedom of the Press restored; Neelam Sanjiva Reddy sworn in as the sixth Presidentof India (July 25). 1978 Congress (I) recognised as the main opposition party in the Lok Sabha (April 12); Shah Commission holds Mrs. Indira Gandhi responsible for abuse of authority and misuse of power  during the internal emergency (May 15); India launches world’s biggest adult literacy Plan (October 2nd).

1979 Constitution Amendment 44th Bill gets President’s assent (April 30th); Hidayatullah sworn in as Vice-President (Aug. 31); Charan Singh quits Janata Party (July 16); President dissolves Sixth Lok Sabha and orders fresh elections (Aug. 22); Lok Dal formed (Sept. 26); Jai Prakash  Narain dies in Patna (Oct. 1980 Mrs. Gandhi re-emerges as a dominant force, 22 member cabinet at Centre sworn in (Jan. 14); Bharat Ratna etc. Awards restored, 10 year extension of seat reservation for SCs and STs (Jan. 25); Grand view of solar eclipse (Feb. 16); 42nd Amendment struck down (May 9); Death of Sanjay Gandhi, Death of Ex-President V.V. Giri, India launches first Satellite using its own Satellite Launching Vehicle (July 18). 1981 The 8th International Film Festival concluded in New Delhi (Jan. 17th); National Development Council approved the revised 6th Plan draft (Feb. 14); Launching of Rohini Satellite in Space (May 31st); Rohini burns up (June 9th); Congress (I) declared Indian National Congress (July 23rd). 1982 Rajasahi Air Port Amritsar becomes International Airport (Jan. 3rd); The 21 member  Indian scientific expedition headed by Dr. S.Z. Quasim lands on Antarctica (Jan. 9th); Prime Minister Indira Gandhi announces a redefined 20 point programme (Jan. 20); Accord on the  purchase of 150 Mirage- 2000 Jets by India from France signed inNew Delhi (Feb. 6th); Insat-IA launched (April 10th); Election of President and Gyani Zail Singh elected as seventh President of  India (July 12 and 15th); INSAT-IA shut off due to mechanical disorder (Sept. 6th); Former  Chief Minister of Jammu- Kashmir Shaikh Abdullah died (Sept. 8th); India and France N-Fuel  pact signed (Nov. 26); Ninth Asian Games held inNew Delhi. 1983 Rohini 560 rocket with a technological payload successfully launched from the Shri Harikota Range (Jan. 13); The 7th Non-Aligned Summit opens in New Delhi (March 7); India and France sign N. Fuel pact (March 23); Madras Atomic Power Project at Kalpakkam becomes critical (ready for use) (July 2); INS AT-IB launched into space (Aug. 30); India and West Germany conclude an agreement for the Supply of Spare parts for the Tarapur Atomic Power  Plant (Nov. 2).

1984 Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi dedicates INSAT-1 System to the nation (Feb. 11); Rakesh Sharma in space (April 2-11); Military action in Punjab (June 2); Assassination of Mrs. Indira Gandhi (Oct. 31); Rajiv Gandhi, new Prime Minister of India (Oct. 31); Bhopal Gas tragedy (Dec. 2); Fourth Expedition Party reaches Antarctica (Dec. 24-27); Rajiv Gandhi elected leader of the Congress Party and becomes Prime Minister (Dec. 31). 1985 Anti Defection Bill passed by the Parliament unanimously, (Jan. 3); Punjab Accord (July 24); Assam Accord (Aug. 15); Akali Chief Sant H.S. Longowal, assassinated (Sep. 8). 1986 Assassins of Smt. Indira Gandhi sentenced to death (Jan. 22); Lok Sabha passed Muslim Women Bill (May 6); Laldenga and Congress (I) sign pact on Mizoram (June 25); Bill making Mizoram State passed by the Parliament (Aug. 6); 2nd SAARC summit at Bangalore (Nov. 16); Arunachal Pradesh Statehood Bill approved by Parliament (Dec. 3); Death of Smita Patil (Dec. 13). 1987 Former P. M. Charan Singh dead (May 29); Venkataraman assumes Presidency (July 25); Dr. S. D. Sharma assumes as Vice President (Sept. 3); Diwrala Sati episode (Sept. 4); Soviet Festival starts in New Delhi (Nov. 21); 3rd South Asian Federation Games in Calcutta (Nov. 2126).

1988 With the induction of the first Nuclear Sub-marine (INS- Chakra) India joins the Nmariline Club (Feb. 3); India’s first remote sensing satellite (IRS-l-A) launched from Russia (March 17); ‘Varun’ successfully completes its mission (April 15); INSAT-1 C launched into space from French Guiana (July 22); Supreme Court confirms death penalty of Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh in Indira Gandhi murder case (Aug. 3); Lok Pal Ayukt Bill taken back (Dec. 6). 1989 Kumbh started at Allahabad after an interval of 12 yrs. France Festival in India inaugurated (Feb. 3); Supreme Court decides the compensation amount for Bhopal gas victims (Feb. 14);  Narora nuclear power station starts production (March 12); Thakkar Commission’s Report  published (March 14); Death of Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna (March 17); Indo-Nepal Trade Treaty expired (March 23); Successful test of ‘Agni’ (May 22); Nhava Sheva port dedicated to the nation (May 26); Kudal Commission report published (Aug. 7); Prasar Bharti and Lok Pal Bills introduced in Parliament (Dec. 28). A members of 9th expedition party to Antarctica died during mission (Jan. 9); Successful launch of INSAT-1D (June 12); V.P. Singh announced 27% reservation to Backward classes on the  basis of Mandal Commission Report (Aug. 6); Successful test of ‘Akash’ (Aug. 14); Indian warship ‘Andman’ sank in Bay of Bengal (Aug. 21); Chandra Shekhar takes over as P.M. (Nov. 10). 1991 P.V. Narsimha Rao became Prime Minister (June 21); Shiv Raj Patil of Cong. (I) elected Speaker of 10th Lok Sabha (July 10) ; IRS-IB launched from Baikanoor (Aug. 29); Earthquake in Garhwal of U.P. takes a heavy toll of life (Oct. 20); Karnataka ordinance on Cauvery Water held invalid by the Supreme Court (Nov. 22); Li Feng of China visits India (10- 15 Dec.); Satyajit Ray got special Oscar Award (Dec. 16). 1992 Rajoli Naval Air Station was commissioned in Madras (Mar. 11) ; Eighth Five Year Plan became operative (Apr. 1); R.K. Dorendra Singh was sworn in as Chief Minister of Manipur (Apr. 8), Indo-Turkmenistan trade pact signed (Apr. 20); Satyajit Ray died (Apr. 23); Kannad writer V.K. Gokak died (Apr. 28); ‘Prithvi’ launched (May 5), U.S.A. imposed sanctions on ISRO for 2 years (May 11); ASLV-D-3 launched (May 20); Successful test ‘Agni’ (May 29); INSAT-2A launched (July 9); Dr. S. D. Sharma took oath (July 25); K. R.  Narayanan elected Vice President (Aug. 19); Test flights of ‘Lakshya’, the pilotless aircraft of  India (Sept. 16, 17 and 21). 1993 24th International Film Festival concluded (Jan. 10-20); Panchayati Raj Act effective (April 24); INSAT-2B was launched by Arian Rocket from French Guiana (July 23); Digvijay Singh became Chief Minister of M.P. (Dec. 6). 199 0

1994 25th International Film Festival in Calcutta (Jan. 10-20); G- 15 Summit meet concluded in  New Delhi (March 28-30); Kasturirangan became new ISRO chief (March 30); First heart  plantation in the country (Aug. 3). successfully launched (Oct. 15); Jharkhand Council Act passed (Dec. 20). 1995 NAM and other developing countries Vth Labour conference (Jan. 19-23); J.B. Patnaik   became Chief Minister in Orissa (March 15); Punjab C.M. Beant Singh assasinated (Aug. 31);

Supreme Court included medical profession within consumer’s forum (Nov. 14); INSAT-2C successfully launched from Koru (French Guiana) (Dec. 7); IPS-IC launched (Dec. 28). 1996 27th International Film Festival (Jan. 10-21); Indo-Bhutan Agreements signed (March 4); P.S.L.V.-D3 successfully launched from Shri Harikota (March 21); A. B. Vajpayee was sworn in 10th Prime Minister of India (May 16); Mr. H.D. Deve Gowda was sworn in New Prime Minister of India, Former President of India Mr. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy passed away (June 1);  Nag missile test successful (Aug. 9); in Gujarat Mehta Ministry dismissed, President’s rule imposed (Sept. 19); Rajindar Kaur Bhattal took over as first woman C.M. of Punjab (Nov. 21); India, Bangladesh sign Ganga Water Pact (Dec. 12), P.V. Narsimha Rao resigned from CPP leadership (Dec. 19). 1997 Tejinder Khanna appointed the new Lieutenant Governor for Delhi (Jan. 1); 28th International film festival of India concluded in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday (Jan. 19); Ms. Mayawati was sworn in as the Chief Minister of U.P. (March 21); Veteran leader and Ex Chief  Minister of Orissa Biju Patnaik passed away (April 17); I.K. Gujral was sworn in as Prime Minister (April 21). INSAT-2D placed in orbit (June 4); Sukhoi 30K fighter inducted in Indian Air Force; 4th National Games concluded in Bangalore (June 11); K. R. Narayanan elected the new President of India (July 17); Laloo Prasad Yadav resigns and his wife Rabri Devi became  New Chief Minister of Bihar (July 25); Krishan Kant elected Vice President (Aug. 26); Mother  Teresa passed away in Calcutta (Sept. 5); Kalyan Singh took oath as U.P. Chief Minister (Sept. 21); Mr. Dilip Parikh was sworn in Chief Minister of Gujarat (Oct. 28); Mr. Bimal Jalan has  been appointed the Governor of Reserve Bank of India (Nov. 23). Rangarajan took oath the Governor of Andhra Pradesh (Nov. 24); Lok Sabha dissolved (Dec. 4); The 17th Indian Antarctic expedition left Marmugao Harbour (Dec. 9); Nipamacha Singh sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Manipur (Dec. 16); Gujarat assembly dissolved (Dec. 25); 1998 29th International Film Festival concluded in New Delhi (10- 20 Jan.); Konkan Railway commissioned (Jan. 26); Death sentence for all 26 person for Rajiv Gandhi assassination (Jan. 28) ; Assam Governor rejects C.B.I, plea to prosecute Chief Minister of P.K. Mahanta (Feb. 5); U.P. Chief Minister Kalyan Singh wins the composite flour test (Feb. 26); Manik Sarkar sworn in Tripura Chief Minister (March 11); Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee sworn in as the Prime Minister  (March 19); BJP wins trust vote in Himachal Pradesh (March 31); Kushabhau Thakre elected BJP Chief (April 14); India conducted three underground Nuclear tests (May 11); India conducted two more Nuclear tests (May 13), Rajasthan Governor Darbara Singh died (May 24); About 1000 people killed by cyclone in Gujarat (June 9); Mulayam and Laloo build New Front (June 24); Dr. Najma Haptullah is unanimously re-elected as deputy chairperson of the Rajya Sabha (July 9); P.M. introduced Lok Pal Bill in Lok Sabha (August 3); Prasar Bharati ordinance  promulgated (August 29) ; President returned the recommendation of Union Cabinet to imposed the President rule in Bihar (Sept. 25); Adarsh Sen Anand took oath as the Chief Justice of India (Oct. 10); About 200  people killed in Punjab train accident; Luizhino Faleiro sworn in as the new Chief Minister of  Goa (Nov. 26). 1999 30th International Film Festival of India concluded in Hyderabad (Jan. 10-20), India successfully launched its first commercial telecom satellite INSAT-2E from Kouru (April 3), Agni-II test fired successfully (April 11), Operation Vijai makes headway in Kargil (June 28), Sachin Tendulkar appointed captain of Indian Cricket Team (July 28), National Democratic Alliance secures clear majority (Oct. 8), Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee appointed PM (Oct. 11), India

& UAE sign extradition treaty (Oct. 25), 11th Children’s Film Festival starts in Hyderabad (Nov. 14), Mumbai girl Yukta Mookhey is Miss World (Dec. 5).

2000 The Kargil Committee submits its report (Jan. 7), 31st Indian International Film Festival (Jan. 10-20), New Population Policy announced (Feb. 15), U.S. President Bill Clinton’s visit to India (Mar. 19-20), India’s INSAT-3B launched from Kouru (Mar. 22), New EXIM-Policy 2000 announced (Mar. 31), India’s beauty Miss Lara Dutta declared ‘Miss Universe’ (May 13), President K.R. Narayan gives his assent to Bills relating to the creation of Uttaranchal, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand States (Aug. 28), Chhattisgarh becomes the 26th State of the Indian Union (Nov. 1), Uttaranchal becomes the 27th State (Nov. 9), Jharkhand becomes the 28th State of the Indian Union (Nov. 15). 2001 Indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) successfully test flown (Jan. 4), India’s Agni-II missile successfully test fired (Jan. 17), General budget presented in the Lok  Sabha by Finance Minister (Feb. 28), Manipur is placed under President’s rule (June 2), India and Russia jointly successfully test fire cruise missile-PJ-10 (June 12), Indo-Pak Summit at Agra (July 15-16), E-Postal Service of the Postal Department inaugurated (Aug. 2), Supreme Court declares the appointment of Jayalalitaa as Chief Minister as unconstitutional, Jayalalitaa resigns (Sept. 21), The three day warships joint exercise of India and France (Varun-01) concludes near  Bombay Coast (Nov. 8-10), Terrorist attack on Indian Parliament (Dec. 13), POTO reissued in amended form (Dec. 30). 2002 89th Session of Indian Science Congress in Lucknow (Jan. 3- 7), Indo-US. MOU on environment (Jan. 16), INSAT-3C satellite launched on an Ariane rocket from Korou in French Guyana (Jan. 24), India’s ISRO successfully tests the newly indigenously developed cryogenic engine (Feb. 5), POTO passed in the joint sitting of Parliament (March 26), Manohar Joshi elected new Speaker of the Lok Sabha (May 10), Telugu Desham party’s annual session ‘Mahanadu’ (May 27- 29), LCA test flown successfully (June 6), Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam declared elected as President of India (July 18), Bhairon Singh Shekhawat sworn in as Vice-President of India (Aug. 19), President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam gives his assent to the Electoral Reforms Ordinance (Aug. 24), India launches into space her meteorological satellite (METSAT) by using PSLV-C4 (Sept. 12), Supreme Court upholds national curriculum prepared by NCERT (Sept. 12), Draft Tenth Five Year Plan approved by the Planning Commission (Oct. 5), Militant attack on Raghunath temple in Jammu & Kashmir (Nov. 24), Vajpayee and Putin sign Delhi declaration (Dec. 4), Assembly elections in Gujarat (Dec. 12), Narendra Modi sworn in as Chief Minister of Gujarat (Dec. 22), 32nd  National Games held at Hyderabad (Dec. 13-22), Delhi Metro Rail opened (Dec. 24), Prime Minister, Mr. Vajpayee inaugurates the Rashtriya Rail Vikas Yojana for Golden Quadilateral  Network (Dec. 26). 2003 Indian Science Congress meet inaugurated at Bangalore by the Prime Minister (Jan. 2), Central Government announces new Exim Policy for 2003-04 (Mar. 31), The Indian Parliament deplores USA’s unilateral attack on Iraq (April 8), Prime Minister Mr. Vajpayee’s China visit (Jui^e 22-27), National Conference breaks off with NDA (July 12); L.C.A. (Light Combat Aircraft) goes supersonic (Aug. 1), Government of India decides to purchase Advanced Jet Trainer Aircrafts Hawks from Britain (Sept. 3), India successfully launches into space its communication satellite INSAT-3E (Sept. 28), India’s 34th International Film Festival (IFFI2003) held in New Delhi (Oct. 9-19), India organises first Afro-Asian Games in Hyderabad (Oct.

24-Nov. 1), India’s 23rd International Trade Fair in New Delhi (Nov. 14- 27), Ceasefire on India-Pak border (Nov. 25), India and Brazil sign pact on defence ties (Dec. 1), Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2003 paving the way for double citizenship to the NRIs passed by Parliament (Dec. 22). 2004 ‘Bhisma’ the first indigenously assembled T-90 main battle tank handed over to the army (Jan. 7), India and Brazil sign space cooperation agreement (Jan. 25), India and Brazil agree. Minister, Mr. Natwar Singh gives privilege notice against P.M. for leaking Pathak Committee report before it being presented in Parliament (Aug. 6), The Doordarshan starts Urdu channel (Aug. 15), India celebrates 100 years of adoption of ‘Vandemataram’ as National Song (Sept. 7),  Nirupama Rao is named for next envoy of China (Sept. 27), India’s 37th International Film Festival comes to a close (Dec. 3), Uttaranchal to be renamed Uttarakhand, the Bill passed by Parliament (Dec. 7), Railway Minister Lalu Yadav and his wife and former Chief Minister, Mrs. Rabri Devi acquitted by Patna Court in disproportionate wealth case (Dec. 18). 2007 India launches Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C7) majestically took off at 9-23 a.m. on 10th January, 2007 from its beachside launch pad at Shriharikota and injects four satellites (Jan. 10), Foundation laid in Raebareilly for the manufacture of passenger rail coaches (Feb. 13), Rail Budget presented in the Lok Sabha by Railway Minister Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav (Feb. 26), General Budget presented in the Lok Sabha by Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram (Feb. 28), Environment Minister A. Raja is made the new communication and Information Technology Minister in place of Dayanidhi Maran (May 15), S. Gopalakrishnan takes over as CEO of Infosys Technologies Ltd. (June 22), President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam launches E-courts project for  computerisation of courts for improvement of justice delivery system (July 9), Pratibha Patil is sworn-in as the President of India (July 25), Mohammad Hamid Ansari is sworn-in as VicePresident of India (Aug. 11), Union Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni inaugurates the Travel and Tourism Fair at Kolkata (Aug. 18), India launches its biggest rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV-F04 carrying communication satellite INSAT-4CR (Sept. 2), Indian Cricket Team wins ICC Twenty-20 World Cup (Sept. 24), Former U.P. Chief Secretary Akhand Pratap Singh arrested in a disproportionate assets case four years . retirement in 2003 (Sept. 25), The Information Act will not apply to judicial proceedings, says the Central Information Commission (Sept. 26), B. S. Yeddyurappa is sworn as new Chief  Minister of Karnataka (Nov. 12), Karnataka put under President’s Rule again (Nov. 20), The Second Administrative Reforms Commission Chairman, M. Veerappa Moily presents its 6th report to the Prime Minister (Nov. 27), Narendra Modi is sworn in as Chief Minister of Gujarat for the third time (Dec. 25). 2008 India, Pakistan exchange lists of nuclear facilities (Jan. 1), ISRO launched Israeli satellite Polaris by a core-alone configuration of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) (Jan. 21), Union Finance Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram presents Central Budget 2008-2009 in Lok Sabha (Feb. 29), India beats Australia in a thriller to claim cricket tri-series (March 4), NPF-led Democratic Alliance of Nagaland wins majority in Nagaland Assembly polls, Congress emerges as the single largest party in Meghalaya (March 8), Muslim Women Board unveils new Nikahnama (March 16), The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) has been extended to all 604 districts of the country (April 1), The Taiwan cabinet resigned ahead of President elect MayingJeais (May 14), A thirty member BJP ministry in Karnataka headed by Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa was sworn by Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur (May 30), The Govt, of  India drafts a guidelines asking manufacturers and services provides to avoid ads showing children and pregnant women using cell phones (June 16), To ensure that girls belonging to

Scheduled Casts (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) continue their education after class VHIth, the centre has launched on incentive scheme from his academic year (2008-09) (July 16), M. S. Dhoni to get Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2007 (Aug. 4), Actress Asha Parekh received the "Solitaire for Life Award" (Aug. 9), South Africa Land Reform Bill shelved (Aug. 27).

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Major Events of 1979 •

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US and China establish full diplomatic relations Vietnamese take Phnom Penh, China invades Vietnam

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Idi Amin overthrown

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Southern Rhodesia becomes Zimbabwe

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 Trade Act Sandinistas force Samozas out of Nicaragua

Winners in Sports  NBA: Seattle Supersonics vs. Washington Bullets Score: 4-1  NCAA Football: Alabama Record: 12-0-0 Heisman Trophy: Charles White, usc, RB points: 1,695 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens vs. New York Rangers Series: 4-1 Super Bowl XIII: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys Score: 35-31 US Open Golf: Hale Irwin Score: 284 Course: Inverness Club Location: Denver, CO World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Baltimore Orioles Series: 4-3

Music Top 10 1."Too Much Heaven" ... Bee Gees 2."Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" ... Rod Stewart 3."I Will Survive" ... Gloria Gaynor 

4."Tragedy" ... Bee Gees 5."What a Fool Believes" ... Doobie Brothers 6."Knock on Wood" ... Ami Stewart 7."Heart of Glass" ... Blondie 8."Reunited" .. .Peaches and Herb 9."Hot Stuff" ... Donna Summers 10."Love You Inside Out" ... Bee Gees

Most Popular Movies of 1979 1. Superman 2. Every Which Way But Loose 3. Rocky II 4. Alien 5. The Amityville Horror  6. Star Trek  7. Moonraker  8. The Muppet Movie 9. California Suite 10. The Deer Hunter 

Most Popular Books Fiction: 1. "The Matarese Circle" by Robert Ludlum 2. "Sophie's Choice" by William Styron 3. "Overload" by Arthur Hailey 4. "Memories of Another Day" by Harold Robbins 5. "Jailbird" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.  Nonfiction 1. Aunt Erma's Cope Book by Erma Bombeck  2. The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet by Herman Tarnower  3. How to Prosper During the Coming Bad Years by Howard Ruff  4. Cruel Shoes by Steve Martin 5. The Pritiken Program for Diet and Exercise by Nathan Pritiken

Most Popular Television Shows 1. 60 Minutes (CBS) 2. Three's Company (ABC) 3. That's Incredible (ABC) 4. Alice (CBS) 5. M*A*S*H (CBS) 6. Dallas (CBS) 7. Flo (CBS) 8. The Jeffersons (CBS) 9. The Dukes of Hazzard (CBS) 10. One Day at a Time (CBS)

Academy Awards

Best Picture: "Kramer vs. Kramer" Best Director: Robert Benton ... "Kramer vs. Kramer" Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman ... "Kramer vs. Kramer" Best Actress: Sally Field ... "Norma Rae"

Grammy Awards Record of the Year: "What a Fool Believes" ... The Doobie Brothers Best Song: "What a Fool Believes" ... Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald Best Album: "52nd Street" ... Billy Joel Male Vocalist: Billy Joel ... "52nd Street" Female Vocalist: Dionne Warwick ... "I'll Never Love This Way Again"

Nobel Prizes Chemistry The prize was divided equally between: BROWN, HERBERT C., U.S.A., Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, b. 1912 (in London, Great Britain); and WITTIG, GEORG, Federal Republic of Germany, University of Heidelberg, b. 1897, d. 1987: "for their development of the use of boron- and phosphorus-containing compounds, respectively, into important reagents in organic synthesis" Literature ELYTIS ODYSSEUS (pen-name of ALEPOUDHELIS, ODYSSEUS), Greece, b. 1911, d. 1996; "for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous strength and intellectual clear-sightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness" Peace MOTHER TERESA, India, b. 1910, d. 1997: Leader of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity. Physiology or Medicine The prize was awarded jointly to: CORMACK, ALLAN M., U.S.A., Tufts University, Medford, MA, b. 1924 (in Johannesburg, South Africa), d. 1998; and HOUNSFIELD, Sir GODFREY N., Great Britain, Central Research Laboratories, EMI, London, b. 1919: "for the development of  computer assisted tomography" Physics The prize was divided equally between: GLASHOW, SHELDON L., U.S.A., Lyman Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, b. 1932; SALAM, ABDUS, Pakistan, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, and Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, Great Britain, b. 1926, d. 1996; and WEINBERG, STEVEN, U.S.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, b. 1933: "for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including inter alia the prediction of the weak neutral current"

Pulitzer Prizes Drama: Sam Shepard ... "Buried Child" Fiction: John Cheever ... "The Stories of John Cheever" History: Don E. Fehrenbacher ... "The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Poltics" International Reoprting: Richard Ben Cramer ... "Philadelphia Inquirer"  National Reporting: James Risser ... "Des Moines Register" Public Service: "Point Reyes (CA) Light"