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Mar 26, 2025
March 26, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Fuel Is CheaperSubscriber Only
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Mar 25, 2025
March 25, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Soviet DefectorSubscriber Only
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Mar 24, 2025
March 24, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Boost to PunjabSubscriber Only
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Mar 22, 2025
March 22, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Soviet official killedSubscriber Only
Victor Khitzichenko, a senior engineer in the office of the Counsellor for Economic Affairs in the Soviet embassy, was shot dead at point-blank range by two men on a motorcycle near the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi.
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Mar 21, 2025
March 21, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Pak troops repulsedSubscriber Only
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Mar 20, 2025
March 20, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Army In AhmedabadSubscriber Only
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Mar 19, 2025
March 19, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Diplomat MissingSubscriber Only
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Mar 18, 2025
March 18, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Iran-Iraq WarSubscriber Only
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Mar 17, 2025
March 17, 1985, Forty Years Ago: A Large DeficitSubscriber Only
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Mar 14, 2025
March 14, 1985, Forty Years Ago: PM Meets GorbachevSubscriber Only
The Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, and the new leader of the Soviet Communist Party, Mikhail Gorbachev, had talks at the Kremlin and expressed their “firm desire” to enlarge mutual cooperation in all fields. The two leaders also exchanged views on the current global situation. Gandhi told Gorbachev of India’s firm commitment to the ideals of […]
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Mar 13, 2025
March 13, 1985, Forty Years Ago: New GovernorSubscriber Only
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Mar 12, 2025
March 12, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Chernenko deadSubscriber Only
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Mar 11, 2025
March 11, 1985, Forty Years Ago: India Crush PakistanSubscriber Only
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Mar 10, 2025
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Mar 8, 2025
March 9, 1985, Forty Years Ago: India-USSR TiesSubscriber Only
India and the Soviet Union are likely to step up their cooperation in the defence sphere next week when the Defence Minister, P V Narasimha Rao, will lead a high-level delegation to Moscow.
Editorial
Mar 7, 2025
March 7, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Poll ResultsSubscriber Only
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Mar 6, 2025
March 6, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Congress Sweeps MPSubscriber Only
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Mar 5, 2025
March 5, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Assembly PollsSubscriber Only
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Mar 4, 2025
March 4, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Reunited partySubscriber Only
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Mar 3, 2025
March 3, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Bihar Poll ViolenceSubscriber Only
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Mar 1, 2025
March 1, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Bandh SuccessfulSubscriber Only
While normal life was paralysed in Bhopal and all major towns of Madhya Pradesh in response to a bandh call given by anti-reservation students, a division bench of the MP High Court stayed the government’s controversial order reserving 25 per cent seats in professional colleges for backward communities.
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Feb 27, 2025
February 27, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Raj Narain missingSubscriber Only
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Feb 26, 2025
February 26, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Pak poll ViolenceSubscriber Only
Three people were killed and several injured in clashes and four government buses were set on fire in Pakistan’s first general elections in eight years.
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Feb 25, 2025
February 25, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Cuts To AidSubscriber Only
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Feb 24, 2025
February 24, 1985, Forty Years Ago: New Rajasthan CMSubscriber Only
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