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Historical Event on 1/1/1986

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/19/1875The first section from Hathras Road to Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic.
1/18/1985Spy ring cracked. Top Government officials, businessmen held.
5/19/1911K.N. Vaswani, educationist and Journalist, was born at Hyderabad, Sind.
7/18/1947Indian Independence Act, signed by King George VI, was proclaimed as Indian Freedom Act, 1947.
5/27/1948The trial of nine men accused of assassination of Gandhi before a special court judge at the Red Fort. The trial ended on 30th Dec.
6/13/1992Purushottam Diwakar Dhavle, famous journalist, passed away.
7/27/1889Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji.
7/9/1999Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.
4/16/1930Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000.
7/10/1978'Mahatma Phule Backward Class Development Corporation' (Mahatma Phule Magaswarg Vikas Mahamandal) was established.