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Historical Event on 1/1/1980
This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1985	Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture was established during the 7th Plan period. The Institute started functioning independently since April 1987. The Headquarters of the Institute are located in Chennai with field and farm facilities at Muttukadu and three Research Centres at Kakdwip(West Bengal), Puri(Orissa) and Narakkal (Kerala).
9/20/1942	Kanak Lata Barua, a yound child who tried to host the national flag at Goupur police station in Assam with the help of 500 people, was shot by the police station incharge.
8/3/1985	Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service goes to Baba Amte.
12/28/1977	Sumitranandan Pant, famous Hindi poet and literaeur, died.
9/29/1964	1,000 people were killed as a reservoir burst.
11/1/1967	Old Punjab, after first partition in 1947, was again seperated into two new states of Punjab and Haryana on linguistic basis, and Chandigarh became a Union Territory.
3/24/1981	Bombay beat Delhi by an innings and 46 runs to win the Ranji Trophy.
11/22/1991	Supreme Court declares Karnataka's ordinance on Cauvery water dispute as unconstitutional.
2/11/1997	A New Delhi district consumer court holds that provision of drinking water aboard trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the railways to provide it to passengers in reserved compartments.
6/18/1658	Aurangzeb managed to capture the Agra Fort and later arrested his father Emperor Shahjahan.

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Historical Event on 1/1/1980 This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".

Historical Event on 1/1/1980
This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".