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40 YEARS AGO NEWS

Gaddafi slams US, Zia rakes up Kashmir at NAM, Delhi Bar council chief quits, Gavaskar back in team, 40 Years Ago, editorial, Indian express, opinion news, current affairs

40 years ago, September 5, 1986: Gaddafi slams US, allies

September 05, 2026 7:06 am

The Libyan President, Col Muammar Gaddafi, called upon the Non-Aligned Movement to come out with an effective plan for collective defence against US imperialism and to break relations with the US, the UK, South Africa and Israel.

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on September 3, 1986.

40 years ago September 3, 1986: PM for immediate sanctions

September 03, 2026 7:11 am

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on September 3, 1986.

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on September 1, 1986.

40 years ago September 1, 1986: Fund to counter South Africa

September 01, 2026 7:05 am

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on September 1, 1986.

40 Years Ago, Loan scheme for urban poor, Libya calls for UN probe, India dismayed at Zia’s charge, Bangladesh President Lt Gen Hussain Muhammad Ershad steps down, Lt Gen Hussain Muhammad Ershad steps down, editorial, Indian express, opinion news, current affairs

40 years ago, August 29, 1986: Ershad steps down

August 29, 2026 7:07 am

Bangladesh President Lt Gen Hussain Muhammad Ershad turned civilian amid speculations that he will run for the presidency in October. His army career came to an end when he appointed Major General Atiqur Rahman as the new chief of army staff.

Procession ban in Gujarat, US war of nerves on Libya, NAM vs South Africa, 40 Years Ago, Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat bandh, editorial, Indian express, opinion news, current affairs

40 years ago, August 28, 1986: Procession ban in Gujarat

August 28, 2026 3:44 am

A call for a Gujarat bandh was given by the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party as the police came down heavily on people trying to take out a shobha yatra on the occasion of Janmashtami in Ahmedabad.

40 Years Ago, central government employees salaries, central government employees Revised pay scales, Talks on security belt bill, Laldenga sworn in, Bihar House gherao plan flops, editorial, Indian express, opinion news, current affairs

40 years ago, August 22, 1986: Revised pay scales

August 22, 2026 7:43 am

About 5 million central government employees will draw their salaries from October 1986 under the revised schedule announced by the Finance Minister.

40 Years Ago, Akali Dal, Parkash Singh Badal, Independence Day celebrations, Reforms proposed in tax laws, income-tax returns, Zail Singh, SAARC foreign ministers, editorial, Indian express, opinion news, current affairs

40 years ago, August 15, 1986: Swoop on Badal group

August 15, 2026 1:10 am

The police arrested more than 100 workers of the Akali Dal, led by Parkash Singh Badal, on the eve of the party’s protest day.

40 Years Ago, Rajiv Gandhi, Gen A S Vaidya, Gen Vaidya cremated, Pune bandh marked by arson, editorial, Indian express, opinion news, current affairs

40 years ago, August 12, 1986: PM for twin war on terrorism

August 12, 2026 7:16 am

The Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, said that terrorism could be tackled through political means and by gearing up the police and other law-and-order machinery.

Calls for N-test freeze, nuclear disarmament, Action against rail staff assured, Reagan’s team for Moscow, 40 Years Ago, Amritsar-TataNagar Express, editorial, Indian express, opinion news, current affairs

40 years ago, August 8, 1986: Calls for N-test freeze

August 08, 2026 7:06 am

The six-nation group on nuclear disarmament, including India, called on the United States and the Soviet Union to set a new date for another summit between them and to accept a US-Soviet bilateral nuclear test moratorium.