1980 in India

Incumbents

• President of India – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
• Prime Minister of India – Charan Singh until 14 January, then Indira Gandhi again became the prime minister of India.
• Chief Justice of India – Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud

  Governors

• Assam –
• Bihar –
• Gujarat –
• Haryana –
• Himachal Pradesh –
• Jammu and Kashmir –
• Karnataka –
• Kerala –
• Madhya Pradesh –
• Maharashtra –
• Manipur –
• Meghalaya –
• Nagaland –
• Odisha –
• Punjab –
• Rajasthan –
• Sikkim –
• Tamil Nadu –
• Telangana –
• Tripura –
• Uttar Pradesh –
• West Bengal –

  Events

• 1 January – Dr. Leo Rebello becomes the Director of the Natural Health Centre, Bombay.

• 14 January – Indira Gandhi returned to power.
• 25 January – Dr. Leo Rebello forms All India Letter Writers Association and is elected its president.
• 23 June – Sanjay Gandhi is killed in a plane crash.
• Rajiv Gandhi began work for Indian Airlines.
• The Bhagalpur Blindings were widely publicized by Indian media.

  Sport

Births

• 10 February – Mohd. Iqbal Khan, actor.
• 13 March – Varun Gandhi, politician
• 20 April – Sunaina Sunaina, weightlifter
• 27 April – Zayed Khan, actor.
• 2 June – Dola Banerjee, archer
• 20 June – Bobby Darling, actor.
• 14 August – Prabjoth 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.
• 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.
• 23 June – Varahagiri Venkata Giri, fourth president of India.
• 18 July – Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer.
• 24 July – Uttam Kumar, actor.
• 31 July – Mohammed Rafi, playback singer.
• 2 August – Ramkinkar Baij, sculptor and painter
• 17 August – Kodavatiganti Kutumbarao, writer.
• 25 October – Sahir Ludhianvi, Urdu poet and Hindi lyricist and songwriter.
• 11 November – Chenganoor Raman Pillai, Kathakali artiste.
• 16 November – Jayan, actor.