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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
3/2/1963China reports troops have left disputed area in India.
3/10/1995ONGC's oil rig that blew out ( January 8 ) at Pasalapudi site near Amalapuram (Andhra Pradesh) put out after 62 days.
2/14/2000The Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court judgment quashing the State Government's Ashraya scheme for providing plots to the poor.
8/28/1976Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius.
1/21/1910Ramnath Anandilal Poddar, great industrialist, was born.
10/18/1712Jeremias Van Riemsdijk, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1775-77), was born.
4/1/1989UN Peace-keeping Force arrives in Windhoek to prefare for independence of Namibia.
11/20/1969Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs Australia in Kanpur.
12/31/1861Cherrapunji in Assam received rainfall of 22,990 mm in 1861. This was a world record in itself as no other country or place had received rains to such an extent.
1/17/1771Govind Patwardhan Mirajkar, first Rao of Peshwai, passed away.