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Historical Event on 1/1/1880

Money order system was introduced.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/6/1680Chatrapati Rajaram Maharaj was crowned.
12/1/1974Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, passed away.
1/28/1853Jose Marti, great author and politician, was born at Cuba.
1/1/1979This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Child"".
11/22/1997Yasser Arafat, President, Palestinian National Authority, laid the foundation stone for Indo-Arab cultural centre at Hyderabad.
7/23/1976Hari Chand at Montreal sets record for 10,000m in 28.48.72.
1/14/1984Gujarati Daily 'Samkalin' of Indian Express Group published.
8/6/1905Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.
2/1/1948Marathi Sanshodhan Mandal' established.
9/29/2000The Government raises the prices of petroleum products across- the-board while cutting import and excise duties on crude oil, diesel and motor spirit (petrol).