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Historical Event on 1/1/1985

United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1962Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) became the second President of India. He held this office till May 13, 1967.
1/11/1993Communal violence in Bombay and Ahmedabad spreads; By-elections postponed.
5/5/1942Henry Albert John Gidney, great leader and politician, died at New Delhi.
5/12/1998Yeltsin feels let down by the Indian nuclear tests but says that Indo-Russian ties will not be hit.
3/30/1999Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam.
1/6/1999Shiv Sena activists dug up the Kotla pitch in Delhi with a view to prevent the Indo-Pakistan first Test which was to commence from Jan. 28.
10/22/1796Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace.
11/22/1988Baba Amte wins U.N. Human Rights Award.
5/8/1933Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables.
12/20/1978Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment.