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Historical Event on 1/1/1985

United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/5/1989Naval Tata, famous industrialist, passed away.
6/1/1972Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS).
7/19/1949Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union.
1/1/1910Rajnath Pandey, great writer and educationist, was born in Pindra, Varanasi (U.P.).
8/17/1848Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born.
10/13/1978Maharashtra branch of Forward Block Party merged in Indira Congress.
12/5/2000Postal staff go on a nationwide indefinite strike which the Government termed as 'illegal'.
12/5/2000Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni passed away in his capital.
1/18/1997India's first electric car 'Reva' launched in Bangalore.
6/16/1993Harshad Mehta accuses PM of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded.