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Historical Event on 1/1/1992

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/25/1999Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is appointed Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India.
1/27/1995Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal open at Kochi port.
2/8/1985P. K. Kaul was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 22-08-1986.
3/18/1919Rowlatt Act, intended to perpetuate the extraordinary powers enjoyed by the Government under Lord Chelmsford during the war, provokes countrywide protests. This Rowlatt Act was forced instead of 1915 Indian Security Act which reduced freedom of Indian people.
4/6/1919Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike.
7/19/1925Dinesh Singh, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Kalakankar (U.P).
7/20/1957India's biggest sheet-glass manufacturing factory formally opened in Hazaribagh, Bihar.
11/13/1998Pravabati Devi (88), freedom fighter and `Mother Teresa of Orissa', dies at the orphanage set up by her at Chharchanpali.
8/22/1922Alluri Seetaram Raju inspired and organised the tribals to wage a war against the British. Raju's army raided Chintapalli police station and there was regular warfare between him and the British forces.
7/12/1949Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die.