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Historical Event on 1/1/1980
This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/2/1994 | Autonomous Hill Council for Leh set up. |
| 3/6/1947 | Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London. |
| 4/8/1973 | India takes control over Sikkim after anti-government riots. |
| 3/5/1922 | Ebrahim Suleman Maka, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests vs West Indies1952), was born at Daman. |
| 7/20/1991 | Shanmugam, suspect in Rajiv murder case, found dead. |
| 11/22/1991 | Supreme Court declares Karnataka's ordinance on Cauvery water dispute as unconstitutional. |
| 10/6/1808 | Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer, innovator, chief engineer and Inspector of Machinery at the Steam Factory at Bombay and one of the dignitaries, was born. |
| 7/13/1929 | Jatindranath Das started fast strike. |
| 8/10/1979 | Rohini Technology Payload (RTP) intended for measuring in-flight performance of first experimental flight of SLV-3, the first Indian Space launch vehicle, failed to be placed in orbit. |
| 11/13/1945 | Australian Services draw first Victory Test against India |
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