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Historical Event on 1/1/1981

Colaba District renamed as Raigad District.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/9/1998Vishwanathan Anand,Chess legend, wins the Super Grand Master Title.
1/9/1971Muslim leader Sheik Mohammed Abdullah was barred from returning to Kashmir.
7/1/1968Asia's biggest nuclear research lab started in New Delhi.
6/4/1912Alungal Mathai Thomas, social reformer, politician and diplomat, was born at Kurikad, Kerala.
8/7/1905The first political documentary ootage was the Great Bengal Partition Movement: Meeting and Procession shot by Jyotish Sarkar and Jamshedji F. Madan in Calcutta.
2/7/1995Cong-I Disciplinary Action Committee expels Arjun Singh from the primary membership for 6 years for anti-party activities.
1/24/1995Congress (I) suspends Arjun Singh from the party.
5/20/1932Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc.
2/2/1964Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.
7/10/1978'Mahatma Phule Backward Class Development Corporation' (Mahatma Phule Magaswarg Vikas Mahamandal) was established.