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General elections were held in India on 24, 27 and 28 December 1984 soon after the assassination of previous Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, though the vote in Assam and Punjab was delayed until 1985 due to ongoing insurgency.
The prime minister is appointed by the president of India; however, the prime minister has to enjoy the confidence of the majority of Lok Sabha members, who are directly elected every five years, unless a prime minister resigns. The prime minister is the presiding member of the Council of Ministers of the Union government. The prime minister ...
8 August - PT Usha misses Olympic medal by 1/100 of a second in 1984 Summer Olympics. [4] 24 August - The first 3D film in India My Dear Kuttichathan was released. 24 October - India's first metro Kolkata metro started. 31 October – Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by her two Sikh security
Rajiv Gandhi [1] (/ ˈ r ɑː dʒ iː v ˈ ɡ ɑː n d iː / ⓘ; Hindi pronunciation: [ɾaːd͡ʒiːʋ gaːn̪d̪ʱiː]; 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) [2] [3] was an Indian politician who was the prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989.
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Hindi: [ˈɪn̪d̪ɪɾɑː ˈɡɑːn̪d̪ʱiː] ⓘ; née Indira Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and stateswoman who served as the Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.
The First Rajiv Gandhi ministry was the 10th union council of ministers of India which was formed on 31 October 1984 after the assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi. The ministry was headed by Rajiv Gandhi and retained most ministers from the predecessor cabinet. The ministry was dissolved on 31 December 1984 after the 1984 general ...
[1] [2] Although vested with these powers by the Constitution of India, the position is largely a ceremonial one and executive powers are de facto exercised by the prime minister. [ 3 ] The president is elected by the Electoral College composed of elected members of the parliament houses, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha , and also members of ...
Indira Gandhi, also the first and so far the only woman Prime Minister of India, served the second-longest term as a prime minister. [353] Rajiv Gandhi served from 1984 to 1989. He took office on the day of the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984 after the Sikh riots and at age 40 was the youngest PM of India.