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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
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Since 1947, India has had 14 prime ministers. [a] Jawaharlal Nehru was India's first prime minister, serving as prime minister of the Dominion of India from 15 August 1947 until 26 January 1950, and thereafter of the Republic of India until his death in May 1964. (India conducted its first post-independence general elections in 1952).
[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 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 President of India is the ceremonial head of state of the country and supreme commander-in-chief for all defense forces in India. However, it is the Prime Minister of India, who is the leader of the party or political alliance having a majority in the national elections to the Lok Sabha (Lower house of the Parliament).
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.
India follows a parliamentary system in which the prime minister is the presiding head of the government and chief of the executive of the government. In such systems, the head of state, or, the head of state's official representative (i.e., the monarch, president, or governor-general) usually holds a purely ceremonial position and acts—on most matters—only on the advice of the prime minister.