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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
4/5/1957The first Communist ministry in a state was installed in Kerala.
5/17/1997Two workers belonging to Mamsapuram near Srivilliputtur ''burnt alive'' at neighbouring Edayankulam by its residents who took them hostage.
9/29/1977India and Bangladesh signed settlement for distributing Ganga river water.
9/16/1977Kesarbai Kerkar, famous classical singer, died in Bombay.
6/11/1996Narasimha Rao's name figures in fresh FIR on bribing JMM MPs case.
11/3/1995Sheila Kaul becomes Governor of Himachal Pradesh, P. Shivshankar of Kerala and V Reghunath Reddy takes additional charge of Sikkim.
3/8/1986L.K. Advani elected President of BJP.
7/10/1978'Mahatma Phule Backward Class Development Corporation' (Mahatma Phule Magaswarg Vikas Mahamandal) was established.
5/5/1977Chandra Shekar chosen President of the Janatha Party.
1/1/1988The Officers Training School (OTS) was re-christened as Officers Training Academy. Besides training Indian nationals, 74 cadets from Sri Lanka have also been trained at the OTA.