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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 |
| 4/8/1897 | Henrich Von Stephan, famous General Postal Union and freedom fighter, passed away. |
| 11/20/1955 | Kripal Singh scores 100* on Test debut, India v New Zealand. |
| 2/5/1919 | Sitaram Kesri, veteran Congress leader, was born. |
| 3/29/1939 | Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut), was born in Banswara. |
| 1/10/1993 | 24th International Film Festival of India opens in New Delhi. |
| 9/20/1911 | Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Auvalkhera, Agra. |
| 10/23/1992 | UPSC decides to introduce a new essay paper for the civil services examination. |
| 7/13/1995 | Devyani Chaubal, film journalist, passed away. |
| 1/7/1900 | Raghukul Tilak, educationist and social worker, was born at Meerut, UP. |
| 9/19/1997 | Ambar Roy, Indian test batsman (1969-70), died in Calcutta. |
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