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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
2/22/1858Gannau resident of Samosa Gali in Delhi, arrested for revolutionary activities, was hanged.
5/19/1993S. W. Sohoni, 4 Tests for India, 83 runs @ 16.6, 2 wkts @ 101, passed away.
7/21/1962Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons.
12/17/1998P. M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
4/23/1795East India Company gave Warren Hastings a grant of the money and he was honourably acquitted of the charges.
8/12/1979Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people.
5/4/1993Income Tax exemption limit raised to Rs.30,000; Customs duty on certain drugs reduced.
1/21/1996Lakshmi Parvati elected president of Telugu Desam NTR faction.
9/23/1996Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I).
11/15/1991Insurance official Dr. S.L. Khosa freed in Kashmir in exchange for a militant.