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Historical Event on 1/1/1987
United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/1/1998 | Prabhat Kumar, a 1963 batch IAS officer, was appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary of India. He succeeded T.S.R. Subramaniam and held the office till 31-10-2000. |
| 4/14/1989 | Ranjan Roy, captain of Indian Navy, and his wife Rupali Roy started off in a Maruti car. |
| 3/22/1885 | Gulam Yazdani, great archaeologist and critic, was born. |
| 6/19/1931 | Nandini Satpathy, politician, was born at Cuttack in Orissa. |
| 3/10/1985 | India beat Pakistan to win ""World Championship of Cricket"". Ravi Shastri is declared champion of champions and Sunil Gavaskar steps down from the captaincy. |
| 10/28/1997 | Cabinet permits RBI to issue rupee notes of 1000 denomination. |
| 4/30/1991 | BJP election manifesto promises Presidential form of government. |
| 2/1/1990 | Governors named for 14 states. |
| 9/1/1995 | Chandrababu Naidu assumes office as the new CM of Andhra Pradesh. |
| 2/27/1912 | Lawrence Durrell, Britsh writer (Alexandria Quartet, Private Country), was born in Darjeeling, India. . |
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