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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 |
| 9/30/1687 | Aurangzeb acquired the famous Golconda fort near Hyderabad from the Qutub Shahi Sultan Tana Shah due to the treachery of his General Panni. |
| 5/1/1999 | India retained the SAFF Coca-Cola football title in Margao, beating Bangladesh in the final. |
| 5/22/1989 | IRBM 'Agni' Missile launched successfully from Chandipur, Orissa. |
| 5/29/1957 | Satish Kumar Sareen graduated from the first batch of the JSW and went onto the AFFC for flying training. |
| 11/19/1997 | 1996 Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament and development presented to Medicins Sans Frontieres, a non-government organisation, providing medical aid to the needy across the globe, by President K. R. Narayanan on the 80th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi. |
| 5/27/1997 | Sri Lanka claims Independence Cup, winning the second match in the best-of-three finals in Calcutta. |
| 8/13/1638 | Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa. |
| 6/29/1909 | Pandit Motilal, social reformer and freedom fighter, was born. |
| 11/8/1947 | Junagadh accedes to India. Addresses A.I.C.C. |
| 3/29/1952 | India enters into a war with Japan. |
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