In 1971, shortly after he had switched his country's diplomatic recognition from the Republic of China to the People's Republic of China, the Australian Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, visited Japan.

* 1971 – Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a Coalition Government at Centre with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto as Vice-Prime Minister.

* 1971 – Jo Cals, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1965 until 1966.

The Prime Time Access Rule, which took effect in 1971, barred networks from broadcasting in the 7-8 p. m. time slot immediately preceding prime time, opening up time slots for syndicated programming.

Amid charges of corruption and malfeasance against the royal family and poor economic conditions created by the severe 1971 – 72 drought, former Prime Minister Mohammad Sardar Daoud Khan seized power in a non-violent coup on July 17, 1973, while Zahir Shah was receiving treatment for eye problems and therapy for lumbago in Italy.

* 1971 – Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Bahrain's Prime Minister, Sheikh Khalifah bin Sulman Al Khalifah has been in the post since 1971, making him the longest serving non-elected Prime Minister.

Although Admiral Aziz Mirza ( a life-long friend of Musharraf shared the dorm with the admiral in 1960s and graduated together from the academy ) was appointed by Prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Mirza remained extremely supportive to Musharraf's coup and was also a close friend of Musharraf since 1971 when both participate in an joint operations against Indian Army.

* April 29 – Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1971 until 1973 ( b. 1920 )

** Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1971 until 1973 ( d. 2001 )

* April 3 – Piet de Jong, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1967 until 1971

By 1971, the FCC introduced the Prime Time Access Rule, which freed local network affiliates in the top 50 markets ( in practice, the entire network ) to take a half hour of prime time from the networks on Mondays through Saturdays and one full hour on Sundays.

* World's longest serving unelected head of government: Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of Bahrain since 1971.

He worked in the Prime Minister's Department in Canberra from 1969 to 1971 before changing to journalism.

In April 1971, as Prime Minister, he wore his lieutenant-colonel's insignia to inspect troops.

He captained Britain's winning team for the Admiral's Cup in 1971 – while Prime Minister – and also captained the team in the 1979 Fastnet race.

In January 1971, McEwen retired as Country Party leader and Deputy Prime Minister.

The head of the government since 1971 is Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and the Crown Prince is Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, who serves as Commander of the Bahrain Defense Forces.

Bahrain has had only one Prime Minister since the country's independence in 1971, Khalifah ibn Sulman al-Khalifah, the uncle of the reigning King Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah.

John Gorton, Prime Minister of Australia from 1968 – 1971, initiated several forms of government support for film and the arts.

John Gorton, Prime Minister of Australia from 1968 – 1971, initiated several forms of Government support for Australian film and the arts, establishing the Australian Council for the Arts, the Australian Film Development Corporation and the National Film and Television Training School.

He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from July 6, 1971 until May 11, 1973.

After the Dutch general election of 1971, Biesheuvel became Prime Minister of the Netherlands, leading the Cabinets Biesheuvel I and II.

Finally, from July 6, 1971 to May 11, 1973, Biesheuvel was Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister of General Affairs in the government that bore his name.

In 1965 he received a joint Erasmus Prize with film director Ingmar Bergman and in 1971 he was made a Commander of the national order of the Legion of Honor by the French Minister of Culture Jacques Duhamel at the Cannes Film Festival.

Others who dispute the validity of the term include: Peter Howson, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs in 1971 – 72, Keith Windschuttle and Andrew Bolt Others argue against these critics, responding to Windschuttle and Bolt in particular.

** Ivan Hristov Bashev, Bulgarian Foreign Minister ( d. 1971 )

Minister of Relation with Parliament: 1971 – 1972.

These new laws, called the " Sixteener Law ", were introduced by John Peyton, the then Conservative Party Minister for Transport in 1971.

In March 1971 the Defence Minister, Malcolm Fraser, resigned from Cabinet and denounced Gorton, who then announced a leadership spill.

In 1971, then-Finance Minister Valéry Giscard d ' Estaing paid a visit to Zaire ; later, after becoming President, he would develop a close personal relationship with President Mobutu, and became one of the regime's closest foreign allies.

He was the longest-serving Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs from September 2, 1952 until July 6, 1971 and later became the 5th ( and also longest-serving ) Secretary General of NATO for 13 years from October 1, 1971 until June 25, 1984.

After the 1956 elections Beyen left office and Luns stayed as Foreign Minister until 1971 in both center-left and center-right governments.

India's policy of weaponisation via indigenous sources and self-sufficiency began in earnest under Nehru, completed by his daughter Indira Gandhi, who later led India to a crushing military victory over rival Pakistan in 1971.

When the struggle of resistance matured in November 1971, India also intervened militarily and may have helped bring international attention to the issue through Indira Gandhi's visit to Washington, D. C.

Such an emergency was declared in India in 1962 ( Indo-China war ), 1971 ( Indo-Pakistan war ), 1975 to 1977 ( declared by Indira Gandhi on account of " internal disturbance ").< sup >

The dissident parties formed an alliance called the National Democratic Front and fought against the Indian National Congress led by Indira Gandhi in the 1971 Indian general elections.

On 12 June 1975, the Allahabad High Court gave a verdict that Prime Minister Indira Gandhi used unfair means in elections of 1971 and termed her election null and void.

With the backdrop of the Bangladesh War and the emerging role of Indira Gandhi as a populist national leader, the 1971 election to the Lok Sabha was held.

In 1971 election, the DMK fought in alliance with Congress ( Indira ) and the Opposition alliance which consisted of the two Senior National Leaders, Rajaji and Kamarajar was termed as a strong alliance and was widely supported by Media to re-capture power in Tamil Nadu.

Richard Nixon and Indira Gandhi, 4 November 1971

" For the 1971 election, the Congress ( O ), Samyukta Socialist Party and the Bharatiya Jana Sangh had formed a coalition called the " Grand Alliance " to oppose Indira Gandhi and the Congress ( R ), but failed to have an impact ; Indira's Congress ( R ) won a large majority in the 1971 elections and her popularity increased significantly after India's victory in the war of 1971 against Pakistan.

Raj Narain, a leader of the Socialist Party of India, who had unsuccessfully contested election against Indira from the constituency of Rae Bareilly in 1971, lodged a case at the Allahabad High Court, alleging electoral malpractices and the use of government resources for her election campaign.

One of the most shocking outcomes of the election was the defeat of Indira Gandhi in her bid to seek re-election from her constituency of Rae Bareilly, which she lost to her 1971 opponent Raj Narain by a margin of 55, 200 votes.

The criticism that followed this decision was mostly directed at Indira, but the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and victory over Pakistan drowned out the issue.

Indira's victory and the Congress's landslide victory in the 1971 Indian general election only left Indira Gandhi more powerful.

During the Bangladesh Liberation War, he was interned along with other Bengali officers stationed in West Pakistan as a Prisoner of War at the outbreak of the 1971 Liberation War and repatriated to Bangladesh in 1973 in accordance with the Simla Agreement between India's Indira Gandhi and Pakistan's Zulfiquar Ali Bhutto.

But the Indian Constitution continued to recognize him as the Maharaja of Mysore until 1971, when Mrs. Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India abolished the titles and Privy Purse of well over 560 Maharajas spread over different parts of India.

Such an emergency was declared in India in 1962 ( Indo-China war ), 1971 ( Indo-Pakistan war ), and 1975 ( declared by Indira Gandhi to escape conviction ).

In 1971, he became the Industry minister of India under the Prime Ministership of late Indira Gandhi.

After the crackdown, Tajuddin Ahmad met with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on April 3, 1971 and asked for all possible aid, by which time the Indian government had already opened East Pakistan border and the BSF was offering limited aid to the Bengali resistance.

The Reactor Research Centre set up at Kalpakkam, India, 80 km south of Chennai in 1971 under the Department of Atomic Energy ( DAE ) was renamed Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research ( IGCAR ) in 1985.

On 24 May 1971, a Parsi ex-Indian Army Captain and serving intelligence officer, Rustom Sohrab Nagarwala, was able to take out 6 million Rupees from the State Bank of India's Parliament Street branch by mimicking the voice of the then serving Indian prime minister, Indira Gandhi to chief cashier Ved Prakash Malhotra.

A much decorated World War II officer, he was conferred the rank by the Indira Gandhi-led government, largely in recognition of his leadership during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971 which caused the partition of Pakistan and the He is the only Field Marshal to have been appointed to this rank while still a serving officer.

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi led India to victory in 1971 against Pakistan, imposed the Indian Emergency, led it to become a nuclear power state in 1974 and is blamed for the Khalistan insurgency and Operation Bluestar-a controversial blend of nationalism and hard politics.