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Historical Event on 1/1/1981

This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year for the Disabled"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/23/1942Gorabai Katiya, freedom fighter, was shot by police while participating in a procession for freedom movement in Narsihapur.
11/24/1969Guru Nanak University established at Amritsar, Punjab.
8/4/1956Apsara, India's first large scale Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactor and first in the East World, was commissioned in Trombay, Bombay.
7/5/1992Bahadur Prasad at London sets record for 3000m in 7.56.74.
6/9/2000The CBI-designated court frames charges against Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in the disproportionate assets case.
12/29/19578,000 ton cruiser INS Mysore commissioned.
12/10/1992The Central Government bans RSS, VHP, ISS, Bajrang Dal and Jamait-e-Islami.
6/18/1918A. R. Rajrajvarma, famous poet of Malayalam language, critic and master of grammer, passed away.
12/1/1994Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
12/12/1901Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded the first dance school called as ""Kala Bhawan"" and established the ""Barahamacharya Ashram"", the core of Vishwa Bharati University of Shantiniketan, near Bolpur. It was formally opened on December.