What was the world like in 1980?
India's #1 song of the year was Dafli Wale Dafli Baja from Sargam, topping Binaca Geetmala's annual countdown.
What things cost in 1980.
Gold: yearly average, 24K, approx. Petrol: Delhi pump price around mid-year, approx. Sensex: BSE year-end close. Today's figures as of late Oct 2026. For curiosity, not advice.
The world's number ones.
Every song that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1980.
Please Don't Go · KC And The Sunshine Band
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) · Rupert Holmes
Rock With You · Michael Jackson
Do That To Me One More Time · Captain & Tennille
Crazy Little Thing Called Love · Queen
Another Brick In The Wall (Part II) · Pink Floyd
Call Me · Blondie
Funkytown · Lipps, Inc.
Coming Up (Live At Glasgow) · Paul McCartney And Wings
It's Still Rock And Roll To Me · Billy Joel
Magic · Olivia Newton-John
Sailing · Christopher Cross
Upside Down · Diana Ross
Another One Bites The Dust · Queen
Woman In Love · Barbra Streisand
Lady · Kenny Rogers
(Just Like) Starting Over · John Lennon
If you were born in 1980, none of this existed.
Colour television arrives in India
India wins its first Cricket World Cup at Lord's
The first Maruti 800 is handed over
Rakesh Sharma becomes the first Indian in space
India's first metro opens in Kolkata
Ramayan airs its first episode on Doordarshan
Mahabharat begins on Doordarshan
The Berlin Wall falls
And 33 more. Your exact day shows the full list.
The year is the trailer. Your day is the film.
The Moon and your nakshatra, the weather in your city, the front page and who shares your birthday.
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