40 years ago November 2, 1986: NC coalition to be sworn in
On November 2, 1986, a nine-member coalition government led by National Conference president Farooq Abdullah will be sworn in on November 3 in Jammu, according to sources from the AICC-I. The new ministry will consist of three ministers from Congress-I and six from the National Conference, forming an interim government with elections scheduled for March of the following year. An electoral understanding has been reached between the National Conference and Congress.
India plans to protest the United States' proposal to supply Pakistan with the AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) to the Reagan administration, according to diplomatic sources. Indian Ambassador to the US, P K Kaul, will meet with US Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger at the Pentagon to voice India's concerns.
General Mieczyslaw Moczar, a prominent figure from post-war Poland who was a lifelong Communist and three-time contender for the leadership of the Communist Party, has died at the age of 73. Moczar, a World War II partisan leader, had been in retirement since 1983 when his controversial public career ended.
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