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Historical Event on 1/1/1985
Doordarshan starts Malayalam telecast from Trivandrum.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/20/1919 | Chaitanyabala Divatia, great author, was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. |
| 7/3/1897 | Hansa Mehta, educationist and social reformer, was born at Surat (Gujarat). |
| 1/16/1992 | Prices of steel and iron decontrolled. |
| 7/31/1912 | Allan Octavian, great social reformer, patriot, lawyer, journalist and politician, passed away at the age of 84. |
| 12/31/1738 | Lord Charles Cornvalis, Governor General of India (1786-1793), was born. |
| 3/11/1915 | Vijay Samuel Hazare, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54), was born in Sangli, Maharashtra. |
| 1/14/1896 | Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born. |
| 2/7/1993 | Medium-range surface to surface missile, 'Prithvi' successfully launched for the 10th time. |
| 2/1/1881 | Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi. |
| 12/11/1843 | Robert Koch, famous French scientist, was born in Clausthal village, Germany. |
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