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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
7/8/1988More than 100 people were killed and several injured as Bangalore-Trivandrum Island Express fell into Ashtamudi lake at Perumon in Quilon district of Kerala.
10/17/1970Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg spinner since 1990), was born in Bangalore.
9/11/1888Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, was born in Barcelona, Spain.
7/2/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement on promoting agricultural research in New Delhi.
3/11/1886Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi became the first Indian lady doctor. She passed the MBBS degree from Philadelphia University of America.
1/1/1981Colaba District renamed as Raigad District.
12/4/1661Murad Baksh was executed on the charge of murdering Diwan Ali Nagi.
2/7/1908Manmanath Gupta was born.
1/24/1948Australia all out 674 vs India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*).
2/27/1992Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years.