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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 |
| 9/18/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. ""Nothing I say or write,"" he said, ""can bring the two communities together."" Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. ""It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide"". |
| 8/14/1980 | Centre nationalizes Maruti company. |
| 4/18/1904 | Ramnath Goenka, president and founder of Indian Express Group, was born. |
| 3/24/1984 | Dilraj Singh, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada. |
| 8/28/1879 | Battle at Ulundi, Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz. |
| 11/10/1938 | Mustafa Kemal Ataturk passed away at Istanbul. |
| 11/2/1841 | Akbar Khan revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan. |
| 10/13/1991 | PM Rao leaves for Harare to attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting. |
| 2/4/1948 | Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur. |
| 3/27/1966 | Indira Gandhi meets Johnson in Washington. |
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