40 years ago December 15, 1985: Rajiv’s peace initiative

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40 years ago December 15, 1985: Rajiv’s peace initiative

December 15, 2025 08:08 AM IST

First published on: Dec 15, 2025 at 07:54 AM IST

THE PRIME Minister Rajiv Gandhi said that the six-nation joint initiative for peace had suggested a 12-month moratorium on nuclear testing to the superpowers, as part of an attempt to initiate a worldwide move for disarmament. Participating in a six-nation award-giving ceremony. at which he was one of the recipients for efforts towards achieving world peace and ensuring a world without war, which was telecast worldwide for the first time in history .

Call for quality

THE PRIME Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, urged the Indian consumer to demand quality, for only then will the industry pay attention and improve the standard of goods. It is because the consumer does not demand and takes whatever is given to him that we lack good quality, Gandhi said. Speaking at a function at Maruti Udyog premises at Gurgaon to mark the release of the four-wheel drive, Maruti Gypsy, Gandhi said that people must develop a scientific temper.

Assam elections

THE PRIME minister Rajiv Gandhi expressed the confidence that his party would get a majority in the Assam elections. The Prime Minister, who returned to Guwahati airport after addressing his last election meeting at Mangaldoi, was asked by newsmen about the Congress (I)’s poll prospects. “I am confident my party will win a majority,” he told while boarding the plane for Delhi.

Noida village dacoity

A GANG of about 10 dacoits armed with country-made guns and sticks raided and looted at least 10 huts in the fields of Chilla village near Noida. The dacoits who brought ropes with them tied up and beat up at least seven persons, including three women, during their hour-long raid. They escaped with gold jewellery, clothes and cash worth several thousand rupees.

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