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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
1/3/1995PM inaugurates 82nd Indian Science Congress at Jadavpur University, Calcutta.
3/17/1994Wali Mohammad Itto, former Speaker of J&K Assembly shot dead by militants.
9/29/1994Gulf nations suspend Indian flights on account of plague epidemic.
2/6/1959Ann Chandy was appointed the first Woman judge of Kerala High Court. In 1937, she became the 'munsif'.
3/26/1969Romesh Chandra, secretary general of the World Peace Council, receives the Lenin prize
8/5/1981Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J).
8/9/1997Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta.
5/12/1906Gandhiji support the ""Home Rule"" for India in the name of ''justice and for good of humanity"".
6/20/1939Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay.
8/1/1952Yajurvindra Singh Jaswant Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman four Tests 1977-79), was born in Rajkot.