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Historical Event on 1/1/1985

Doordarshan starts Malayalam telecast from Trivandrum.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1880Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born.
7/20/1829Jankibai passed away in jail.
4/20/1971India won Cricket Test Rubber' for the first time after defeating West Indies Cricket Team.
7/31/1997V. Thangapandian (64), Tamil Nadu Commercial Taxes Minister, died at Rajapalayam in Virudhunagar district.
4/19/1976Maharshi Dayanand University established in Haryana.
4/12/1983Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.
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.
8/1/1994The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force.
6/9/1949Kiran Bedi, the first woman Indian Police Service Officer, was born in Amritsar, Punjab.
1/1/1987United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87).