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Historical Event on 1/1/1994

This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Family"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1982The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
4/15/1794Moropant Paradkar, great poet of Marathi in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
4/12/1912Kirpal Singh Narang, social reformer and educationist, was born at Amritsar (Punjab).
3/10/1991The Army Dental Corps celebrates its Golden Jubilee and proudly recounts its past glory.
10/30/1976Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978.
7/27/1941Japanese forces land in Indo-China.
10/31/1963Krishna Menon, resigned from the post of Defence Minister of India, due to Chinese attack.
3/27/1999World No. 2 Viswanathan Anand won the title with a round to spare in the rapid section of the Amber rapid and blindfold chess tournaments in Monte Carlo.
2/6/1998V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar.
9/28/1996Sukh Ram sent to Tihar jail in assets case.