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Historical Event on 1/1/1985
Doordarshan starts Malayalam telecast from Trivandrum.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/5/1998 | Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997. |
| 6/5/1998 | ShahJahan, Mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore. |
| 9/8/1960 | Feroz Gandhi, a prominent member of the Lok Sabha,died in New Delhi. |
| 7/20/1903 | British to increase size of Royal Army in India. |
| 6/18/1940 | Forward Block Party was established. |
| 5/31/1921 | Suresh Hariprasad Joshi, modern Gujarati poet, story writer and critic, was born. |
| 5/31/1921 | Tulsidas, Mahakavi Saint, was born. |
| 1/8/1995 | ONGC's oil rig blow out at Pasalapudi site in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 3/5/1851 | Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta. |
| 6/11/1997 | BSE sensitive index reaches 3927. |
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