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Historical Event on 1/1/1980
This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/21/1996 | Lakshmi Parvati elected president of Telugu Desam NTR faction. |
| 8/8/1955 | Dr. Homi J. Bhabha elected chairman of the international conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy. |
| 4/13/1988 | Mother Teresa asks Margret Thatcher for help to set up a hostel for London's elderly homeless in UK. |
| 4/25/1906 | Dara Nusserwanji Marshall, librarian and educationist, was born. |
| 4/2/1997 | Sumita Sinha of Dhanbad, (18 years college girl) became a world record holder when a 3,200 kg Ambassador car passed over her. |
| 1/16/1954 | Baburao Painter (Baburao Krishnaji Meshri), famous artist, sculptor, filmmaker and producer, died. |
| 10/3/1997 | Financial and operational autonomy to be given to 97 profit-making public sector enterprises ('mini-ratnas') other than the navaratnas. |
| 7/5/1970 | Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives. |
| 6/9/1900 | Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, died in Ranchi Jail. |
| 12/17/1972 | New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan. |
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