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Historical Event on 1/1/1979

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/199728th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum.
2/18/1946Cabinet Mission in India.
9/29/1836Chamber of Commerce and Industry was established in Madras
8/16/1958Pather Panchali' won the top five awards, including feature length motion picture, and got a honorary mention at the Vancouver International Film Festival.
12/8/1999The Opposition attacks Prime Minister Vajpayee for ""withholding'' information on ministers' resignation.
8/3/1960Gopal Sharma, great Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85), was born in Kanpur.
8/1/1899Kamala Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, was born.
8/3/199835 persons were killed as Govind Towers at Bandra in Mumbai collapsed.
2/12/194614 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war.
7/22/1925Homi Jehangir Teleyarkhan, social worker, was born.