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India · 1982New Delhi hosts the 9th Asian Games as colour television arrives in India

India under Indira Gandhi staged the 9th Asian Games in New Delhi and introduced colour television, even as the Akali Dal's Dharam Yudh Morcha intensified the Punjab agitation. Giani Zail Singh became the first Sikh President, INSAT-1A was launched, and NABARD was created to anchor rural credit.

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Key figures

Indira Gandhi — Prime Minister; presided over the Asian Games, the colour-TV rollout and institution-building.Giani Zail Singh — elected 7th President of India, sworn in 25 July 1982; first Sikh to hold the office.Harchand Singh Longowal — Akali Dal leader associated with the Dharam Yudh Morcha launched on 4 August 1982.Justice P.N. Bhagwati — associated with the PUDR (Asiad Workers) judgment expanding Article 23 and PIL.Dr. S.Z. Qasim — led India's first scientific expedition to Antarctica.Vinoba Bhave — Gandhian and Bhoodan movement leader; died 15 November 1982.

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