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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
4/1/1935The Reserve Bank of India was established as a Central Bank and the job of issuing notes was entrusted to this bank. The Commissioner's office which issued currency was abolished and was substituted by the Governer of the RBI. The issue offices scattered around the country came to be called as the regional offices of the Reserve Bank.
3/2/1957Central Warehouse Corporation established.
12/20/1992BJP launches campaign to oust Rao government; Vajpayee goes on fast.
9/18/2000Prasar Bharati issues a notification making it compulsory for cable operators to telecast regional channels of Doordarshan on prime band, in addition to DD-1 and DD-2, in their respective states.
1/29/1975West Indies won the fifth test against India after winning the exciting cricket series 3-2.
2/23/1993Jnanpith Award was given to Sitakant Mahapatra (Oriya).
2/7/2000Kamaluddin Ahmed, former APCC(I) president and four times Congress MP, joins the BJP.
3/29/1914Sudhir Gupta, famous Hindi poet and educationist, was born in Kalasgram, Bangladesh.
7/27/19987 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir.
3/3/1885Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt).