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Historical Event on 1/1/1983

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/27/1948Gandhiji visits Mehrauli Muslim Fair.
9/24/1997E. S. Venkataramiah (72), former Chief Justice of India, died in Bangalore.
3/31/1993Kidnapped cardiac surgeon Dr. Abdul Ahad Guroo killed in Srinagar.
3/1/1917Kartar Singh Duggal, famous author, was born at Dhamyal, Pakistan.
6/16/1993Harshad Mehta accuses PM of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded.
11/21/1914Ujwala Mazumdar, freedom fighter and member of Bengal Valunteers, was born at Dhaka.
5/20/1994Indian ship rescues over 2000 Indian nationals trapped in the embattled Yemen's port city of Aden.
5/19/1979Pandit Hajari Prasad Dwivedi passed away.
7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.
9/21/1996Rao resigns Congress Party President post.