India, year by year
India in 1980
India won hockey gold at the Moscow Olympics.
- Prime Ministers
- Charan Singh (until 14 January 1980)
Indira Gandhi (from 14 January 1980) - President
- Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
- 10 grams of gold (24K)
- ₹1,330yearly figure, BankBazaar
- One US dollar
- ₹7.86official yearly average, World Bank
- ₹100 in 1980
- ≈ ₹2,390 in 2025by India's consumer price index, World Bank
- Highest-grossing Indian film
- Adventures of Ali-Baba and the Forty Thievesworldwide gross, per Wikipedia
- Population
- 68.7 croreWorld Bank
- Life expectancy at birth
- 54 yearsWorld Bank
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Make a 1980 posterSources: World Bank, SP.POP.TOTL (India); World Bank, PA.NUS.FCRF — official exchange rate, rupees per US$, yearly average; World Bank, FP.CPI.TOTL — consumer price index (2010 = 100), yearly average; World Bank, SP.DYN.LE00.IN — life expectancy at birth; Wikipedia, "List of highest-grossing Indian films" — highest-grossing film by year (worldwide gross); BankBazaar, "Historical Gold Rate/Trend in India" — 24K gold, ₹ per 10 g, yearly figure. Prime Ministers, Presidents and events checked against Wikipedia. Money figures are yearly.