5- August-1981 | Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J). |
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25- August-1981 | Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress. |
31- August-1981 | Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, PVSM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he held the gubernatorial posts of Governor of Maharastra and Indian Ambassador to France. |