INDIAN FILM SONGS FROM THE YEAR 1985

Scene from "Ram Teri Ganga Maili"(1985)

This page is but a small sampling of film songs for the year 1985. So sit back, relax, and enjoy

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WORLD EVENTS OF 1985

Soviet leader Chernenko dies at the age of 73. He is suceeded by Mikhail Gorbachev.
The reform movements of Glasnost and Perestroika are introduced by Gorbachev in the Soviet Union.
Two Muslim hijackers capture a TWA airliner with 133 people onboard.
PLO terrorists hijack Achille Lauro, Italian cruise ship, with 80 passengers, plus crew. One person is killed. The Italian government falls due to the political fallout over its handling of the hijacking.
Hijackers seize Egyptian Boeing 737 airliner after takeoff from Athens.
In Hollywood, California, the charity single "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa.

We Are The World
The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.
A joint American-French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic.

Titanic
Microsoft Corporation releases the first version of Windows, Windows 1.0.
Buckyballs (unusual carbon nanostructures) discovered by Harold Kroto, Robert Curl and Richard Smalley.
NeXT is founded by Steve Jobs after resigning from Apple Computer.

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Air India Flight 182 was blown up by Sikh nationalists. It was on its second leg on its Toronto-Montreal-London-Delhi-Bombay (Mumbai) flight when it exploded off the coast of Ireland. : Everyone on board died.
The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act is passed by Parliament.
The Special Protection Group is created.
Indira Gandhi National Open University was established by an Act of Indian Parliament.
Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) was passed by parliament.
Texas Instruments, a Multinational corporation, starts its India operations in Bangalore and helps create infrastructure to export software via satellite communications from India for the first time.
Pakistani bowler Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his second Test cricket match, but New Zealand still wins.