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Election where held in Punjab on 26 September 1985, to elect the members of Punjab Legislative Assembly. [1] The signing of the Rajiv–Longowal Accord between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and the Akali leader, Harchand Singh Longowal, on 24 July 1985 paved the way to holding this elections. [2]
The 1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election was the ninth Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state. Shiromani Akali Dal emerged as the victorious with 73 seats in the 117-seat legislature in the election. The Indian National Congress became the official opposition, holding 34 seats. On 11 May 1987, Assembly was dissolved and ...
Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1985 [7] Party contested Seats won change in seats popular vote % Shiromani Akali Dal: 100 73 23 26,30,270 38.01 Indian National Congress: 117 32 31 26,20,042 37.86 Bharatiya Janata Party: 26 6 5 3,45,560 4.99 Communist Party of India: 38 1 8 3,07,496 4.44 Janata Party: 5 1 1 75,307 1.09 ...
Julio Francis Ribeiro (born 5 May 1929, in Bombay) is a retired Indian police officer and civil servant. He held increasingly responsible positions during his career, and led the Punjab Police during part of the Punjab insurgency periods. In 1987, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award for his services. [1]
The elections in Punjab were held in September 1985 after the signing of the Rajiv–Longowal Accord between Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Akali leader Harchand Singh Longowal on 24 July 1985. The elections were held alongside elections to the Punjab Legislative Assembly. [2] In Assam elections were held in December 1985 after the signing of ...
Ink used in Indian elections Ink bottle pledge. Research into indelible ink was commenced by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). In the 1950s, M. L. Goel worked on this research at the Chemical Division of the National Physical Laboratory of India. The ink used contains silver nitrate, which makes it photo-sensitive. It is ...
2 September - Indira Gandhi National Open University is established by an Act of Indian Parliament. 14 November - The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act is passed by Parliament came into force. The Administrative tribunals in Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and Allahabad were established by Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985.
Mohammad Izhar Alam (4 August 1948 – 6 July 2021) [1] was the director general of police of the state of Punjab. [2] According to a paper released from the US Embassy in New Delhi on 19 December 2005, during Alam's tenure as the head of the state police, he is reported to have fostered a combat force called "Fauj-e-Alam" (Alam's Army), [3] composed of around 150 dismissed police officials ...