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Historical Event on 1/1/1979

This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Child"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/4/1858J. P. Walker, British Officer, along with 200 prisoners who were mainly from the Indian Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from Calcutta to start a new settlement in the Andaman Islands.
3/25/193150 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted.
11/7/1998Jiwan Singh Umrangal (84), Akali leader and former Punjabi Minister, dies in hospital in Beas.
12/4/1999A batch of 1,690 Indian soldiers leave for Sierra Leone to join the U.N. Mission to implement the peace accord.
10/26/1814British General Governor declared war against Nepal.
10/11/1991Meghalaya placed under President's rule.
7/21/1977Bhudevchandra Basu, famous animal expert, passed away.
11/11/1998India objects to Washington's discrimination in easing sanctions against New Delhi and Islamabad, clamped in the wake of the nuclear tests by the two countries.
1/1/19958th World Tamil Conference begins in Madurai.
12/14/1901Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder.