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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
3/9/1990Darbara Singh, former Punjab Chief Minister, died.
10/28/1999Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha.
7/4/1997Mumbai High Court directs BMC to reinstate G.R. Khairnar, the iconoclastic Dy. Municipal Commissioner suspended in `94 and removed from service in October 1996.
2/22/1997India, Turkmenistan and Iran sign transit agreement.
2/7/1975Banke Bihar, mystery and religious story writer, passed away.
1/18/1994A 12-point formula mooted to defuse the ministerial crisis.
8/6/1920Star Films Ltd., Bombay, was founded by Ardeshir M. lrani and Bhogilal K. M. Dave.
12/23/1900Kalicharan Patnaik, famous Orria dramatist, poet and journalist, was born.
1/12/1863Swami Vivekananda (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta)(1863-1902), dynamic renaissance missionary to West, catalyst of Hindu revival in India and social reformer, was born at Calcutta.
5/17/1897Dhirendra Varma, famous linguist, was born.