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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
5/22/1936Lord Brabourne laid the foundation stone of Brabourne Stadium in Bombay.
12/28/1981New Government led by the Congress (I) leader K. Karunakaran installed in Kerala.
8/1/1993Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, great freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, died at Jorhat, Assam.
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
4/2/1996Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) party registered and recognised.
1/27/1948Gandhiji visits Mehrauli Muslim Fair.
6/5/1882Cyclonic Storm & floods in Arabian Sea hit Bombay. About 100,000 people drowned.
6/12/1997Sitaram Kesri elected president of Congress I (6224 votes. Sharad Pawar-888; Rajesh Pilot-354).
4/13/1947Diplomatic relations between India and Russia established.
9/11/1958India and Pakistan announced that most border disputes between the two countries had been settled.