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Historical Event on 1/1/1985
Doordarshan starts Malayalam telecast from Trivandrum.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/27/1990 | 21 people die as a bus accidentally touched a high voltage wire in Karagpur India. |
| 4/6/1930 | Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement. |
| 7/4/1760 | Meeran, Mir Jaffer's son, accidently died on the banks of Ganga near Patna due to lightning. |
| 10/28/1911 | Mutyalswami Muniswami Naidu, cricket Test umpire, one test in 1951-52, was born at Vadodara, Gujarat. |
| 9/25/1990 | S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died. |
| 2/13/1969 | Subroto Tara Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee protegee), was born in Patna. |
| 2/6/1994 | Indian Union Muslim League splits, G.M.Banatwala elected President in place of Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait. |
| 7/8/1928 | Eighteen died when an East Indian Railroad train was derailed after saboteurs removed part of the tracks. |
| 1/18/1996 | N. T. Rama Rao, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh (during 1983-84, 84-89, 94-95), passed away at Hydrabad. |
| 7/10/1991 | C. G. Pandit, famous scientist and Padmabhushan awardee, died. |
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