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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 |
| 1/26/1926 | V. G. Kanitkar, famous Marathi literatteur, was born. |
| 11/19/1838 | Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj. |
| 1/26/1997 | Government prohibits manual scavenging and construction of dry latrines in six states (AP, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tripura, West Bengal) and all UTs. |
| 5/19/1953 | State to control production and distribution of minerals involved in atomic energy development. |
| 12/11/1845 | First battle between Britishers and Sikhs. In 1849, Punjab lost its independence. This is referred as the first Anglo-Sikh War. |
| 12/8/1999 | Furore in the Lok Sabha over RJD President Laloo Prasad Yadav's daughter topping the MBBS exam. |
| 4/14/1989 | Ranjan Roy, captain of Indian Navy, and his wife Rupali Roy started off in a Maruti car. |
| 5/1/1977 | Janata Party was established. |
| 9/18/2000 | President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee. |
| 8/16/1932 | Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation. |
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