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Historical Event on 1/1/1981
Colaba District renamed as Raigad District.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/30/1908 | Gandhiji was summoned to see General Smuts at Pretoria and released on reaching a compromise. |
| 4/21/1996 | Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag. |
| 1/27/1989 | M. Karunanidhi sworn in as DMK CM in Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/22/1922 | Shanta Buddhisagar, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 1/31/1903 | Smt. Sharda Bhaurao Diwan, educationalist, was born. |
| 1/19/1919 | Omprakash Mehra, former Indian Air Chief Marshal and former Governor of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 2/23/1980 | Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship. |
| 2/23/1980 | Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, established Amritsar city. |
| 6/18/1991 | Congress emerges as the largest party in Lok Sabha polls though short of an absolute majority. |
| 3/16/1880 | Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born. |
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