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| India - 25-June-1975 : Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency in India, suspending civil liberties and elections.
- 31-January-1979 : The police under directions of Jyoti Basu, Chief Minister of the CPMCPMled government of West Bengal, surround and open fire on unarmed refugee settlement of Morichjhapi island in Sunderbans, West Bengal, India. Hundreds are killed but the official government death toll is 36.{{huh}}
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- 01-June-1979 : The Vizianagaram district is formed in Andhra Pradesh, India.
- 06-June-1981 : Bihar train disaster: Seven coaches of an overcrowded passenger train fall off the tracks into the River Kosi in Bihar, India; about 800 die.
- 14-February-1989 : Union Carbide agrees to pay USD $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal Disaster.
- 21-May-1991 : In Sriperumbudur, India, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated.
- 24-July-1991 : The government of India announces its New Industrial Policy, marking the start of India's economic reforms.
- 12-March-1993 : 1993 Bombay bombings: Several bombs explode in Bombay, India, killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.
- 30-September-1993 : An earthquake centered in Killari, Maharashtra, India kills over 10,000.
- 30-December-1993 : The Congress Party gains a parliamentary majority in India after the defection of 10 Janata Dal party lawmakers.
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