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SAARC declaration, PM on terror in Punjab, Acid leak kills 1, Anti-quota protests, Forty Years Ago, editorial, Indian express, opinion news, current affairs

Forty years ago, December 6, 1985: SAARC declaration

December 06, 2025 7:42 am

The foreign ministers of the seven SAARC countries pledged their wholehearted support to regional cooperation and unanimously approved the draft summit declaration.

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on December 5, 1985.

40 years ago December 5, 1985: Gas leak in Delhi

December 05, 2025 8:34 am

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on December 5, 1985.

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on December 2, 1985.

40 years ago December 2, 1985: PM on tech import norms

December 02, 2025 7:35 am

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on December 2, 1985.

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on November 28, 1985.

40 years ago November 28, 1985: Golden Temple priest shot

November 28, 2025 8:29 am

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on November 28, 1985.

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on November 26, 1985.

40 years ago November 26, 1985: Delay in assent to bills

November 26, 2025 7:10 am

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on November 26, 1985.

Superpower optimism, No trade ties with China, trade ties with China, Kashmir solution, Rare dowry case judgment, Forty Years Ago, editorial, Indian express, opinion news, current affairs

Forty years ago, November 22, 1985: Superpower optimism

November 22, 2025 7:16 am

US President Ronald Reagen and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev concluded their summit with a joint statement saying that while “serious differences remain on a number of critical issues,” they agreed to accelerate nuclear arms negotiations.

40 years ago November 21, 1985: Rajiv Gandhi wants Tamil refugees to go back to Sri Lanka

40 years ago November 21, 1985: Rajiv Gandhi wants Tamil refugees to go back to Sri Lanka

November 21, 2025 7:30 am

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on November 21, 1985.

Volcano eruption, Colombia, Colombia Volcano eruption, Major reshuffle of governors, Floods force MGR out of home, Remembering Nehru, Forty Years Ago, editorial, Indian express, opinion news, current affairs

Forty years ago, November 15, 1985: Volcano eruption kills 21,000

November 15, 2025 7:23 am

A volcano erupted in central Colombia killing up to 20,000 people and injuring 25,000. The Cundinamarca Provincial Governor, Gustavo Esguerra, said.

Sri Lanka massacre, Rajiv Gandhi, Minister resigns over accident, Extremists arrested in Canada, Forty Years Ago, editorial, Indian express, opinion news, current affairs

Forty years ago, November 8, 1985: Sri Lanka massacre

November 08, 2025 7:29 am

Thirty-two Sinhalese were shot dead by Tamil militants at Navalwathe village in Sri Lanka’s Trincomalee district as President J R Jayawardene rejected the Tamils’ demand for the linkage of the Northern and Eastern provinces.

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on November 5, 1985.

40 years ago November 5, 1985: Sino-Indian talks

November 05, 2025 7:56 am

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on November 5, 1985.

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