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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 |
| 12/25/1919 | Naushad, famous film music director, was born. |
| 10/10/1977 | 61 people died in an accident between a passenger train and a freight train at Naini. |
| 12/13/2000 | All 12 battalions of the Manipur Rifles Personnel strike from work. |
| 8/28/1928 | Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, noted physicist and scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, was born at Mangalore in Karnataka. |
| 5/29/1977 | Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji, president of Sahitya Academy, National Professor and eminent linguist, passed away. |
| 11/1/1948 | An Indian brigade group supported by the 7th Cavalry (Stuart tanks) broke through the Great Himalayan Range at Zojila to drive out the invaders from Ladakh district. At approximately 3,500 metres, this was the highest point in the history of warfare that tanks had operated. |
| 11/9/1909 | The Times reports failure of Gandhi Government negotiations on Transvaal laws. |
| 11/9/1841 | Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), was born. |
| 4/18/1914 | Jamshedji R. Patel, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1948-59, was born in Mumbai. |
| 4/27/1854 | First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune. |
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