| Jan 16 |
Mr. Abdul Absan of Bangladesh
takes over as the first Secretary-General of SAARC |
| Jan 21 |
New Austrian Government,
headed by Socialist Party leader, Franz Vranitzky sworn in. |
| Feb 7 |
Japan recognizes African
National Congress |
| Feb 28 |
Gorbachev offers separate deal
to remove medium range missiles from Europe. |
| March 11 |
Pakistan and Afghanistan move
closer on an agreement on Soviet troops withdrawal from Afghanistan |
| April 8 |
BBC cancells its 21 year old
Urudu & Hindi Programmes. |
| April 28 |
Canada and U.S.A bans entry of
Australian President Dr. Kurt Waldheim |
| May 7 |
In South Africa President P.
W. Botha's National Party retains power in polls |
| May 15 |
Fiji's coup leader Col:
Sitiveni Rabuka sworn in as President. |
| May 26 |
The South Korean President Mr.
Chum Deohan became the new Prime Minister after a cabinet reshuffle. |
| June 1 |
Labanese Prime Minister Mr.
Rashid Karami killed in a helicopter crash. |
| June 12 |
Mrs. Margeret Thatcher
re-elected as the Prime Minister of Great Britain for the 3rd time. |
| June 13 |
Russian Cosmounts Mr. Yuri
Romanenko Britain and Alexander Leveidin made the second space walk. |
| June 18 |
Pham Hung replaces Pham Van
Dong as Vietnam's Prime Minister. |
| July 3 |
In Moscow festival of India
begins |
| Aug 1 |
200 Iranians die in Meeca when
they clash with Saudi police. |
| Sep 3 |
Swedish Prime Minister turns
down a request of Indian opposition M.P's for a meeting to discuss
the Bofor's issue. |
| Sep 18 |
Brunei became the 159th member
of the United Nations. |
| Sep 25 |
Col. Sitiveni Rebuka, Figian
Military leader stages a second coup and assumes power. |
| Oct 7 |
Dalai Lama calls for civil
stir to liberate Tibet from China. |
| Oct 31 |
U. S. President Regan and
Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze announce super power summit in
Washington in Dec. 1987 and another in Moscow in 1988. |
| Nov 2 |
Third SAARC Summit opens in
Kathmandu |
| Nov 2 |
King Birendra of Nepal is
elected Chairman of SAARC. |
| Nov 9 |
Australia wins the world
Cricket Cup beating England by seven runs in Culcutta. |
| Nov 18 |
In China Vice Premier Li Peng
is nominated P. M. in place of Zhao Zivang. |
| Nov 29 |
Bangladesh President declares
emergency. |
| Dec 1 |
Dr. Najibullah elected
President of Afghanistan |
| Dec 8 |
Regan and Gorbachev sign
history treaty in washington to scrap intermediate nuclear weapons. |
| Dec 20 |
Garry Kasparov retains world
chess championship beating Anatoly Karpov in Seville, Spain |
