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Rajiv Gandhi
Prime Minister of India (1984-1989)
Bofors scandal
Corruption scandal in India in the 1980s related to defence equipment.
Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum
Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum & Ors. (1985), commonly referred to as the Shah Bano case, was a criminal lawsuit in India, in which the Supreme Court delivered a judgment in favour of providing maintenance (alimony) to an aggrieved divorced Muslim woman, Shah Bano Begum from Indore, who had been divorced by her husband Mohammed Ahmed Khan in 1978.
Indian Peace Keeping Force
former Indian military force operating in Sri Lanka
Hashimpura massacre
1987 mass killing of Muslim youths by police in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
Sarla Grewal
Indian politician
National Policy on Education
policy formulated by the Government of India
Assam Accord
Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) signed between representatives of the Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Movement in New Delhi on 15 August 1985
Sumdorong Chu standoff
military conflict between India and China at the Sumdorong Chu Valley
1989 Bhagalpur violence
Communal riot in India
Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986
Act of the Parliament of India
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
Act of the Parliament of India
Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan civil war
1987 military intervention
Indo-Sri Lanka Accord
1987 attempt to resolve the Sri Lankan Civil War
Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987
Act of the Parliament of India