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Historical Event on 1/1/1880

Money order system was introduced.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/27/1996First phase of election for 11th Lok Sabha, and assembly election in 6 states.
11/5/1929Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, died.
1/15/1956Erach Jahangir Sorabji Taraporewala, famous Indian language expert, passed away.
10/28/1981Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta.
9/26/1991Ordinance to amend MRTP Act and the Companies Act totally removes pre-entry restrictions on new industrial houses and expansion of the existing ones.
1/14/1982First Antarctic Expedition on December 1981-Jan 1982; group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim reached Antarctica successfully.
1/5/1957Adintrim Sales Tax Act was introduced and the Central Sales Tax Act of 1956 came into force.
1/5/1957The Sultan, losing his hold over the army and some members of his aristocracy, very wisely abdicated in favour of his brother Ahmad, who is famous in Deccan history as Ahmad Shah Wali.
2/3/1916Banaras Hindu University was opened under the guidance of Madan Mohan Malaviya.
3/1/1997India under-19 team wins third `Test', claims three-test series 2-0 win in Matara.