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Historical Event on 1/1/1981
Colaba District renamed as Raigad District.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/16/1996 | Supreme Court says dowry demand even during marriage talks is an offence. |
| 11/24/1999 | The dedication ceremony of Shanmukhananda Hall is put off. |
| 5/5/1955 | Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce. |
| 12/20/1969 | Nihalsingh Gurumukh, former Chief Minister of Dehli and Governor of Rajasthan, died. |
| 6/8/1998 | Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack. |
| 8/15/1947 | At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect. |
| 12/7/1979 | Ramandeep Singh Gill, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway. |
| 6/13/1997 | At least 60 persons were feared killed and several injured in a fire in Uphaar Grand cinema in South Delhi. |
| 5/27/1957 | Copyright Act was passed. |
| 8/12/1979 | Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people. |
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