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Historical Event on 1/1/1985

United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/3/1992Delhi High Court verdict on Bofors challenged in the Supreme Court.
2/28/1985M.G. Katre became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/10/89).
6/19/1995India and US officially launch Indo-US Commercial Alliance during US Trade Secretary's visit.
2/1/1922Gandhiji gives notice to the Viceroy Lord Reading during Bardoli movement to inform him that he was intensifying his action and non-cooperation was to be escalated to Civil Disobedience.
6/15/1969Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86.
11/8/1965British Indian Ocean Territory formed.
1/18/1999Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune.
7/31/18619,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam becomes a world record.
7/31/1861Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India.
5/9/1866Gopal Krishna Gokhale, freedom fighter and political leader, was born in Kotluk village of Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra.