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Historical Event on 1/1/1987
United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/15/1947 | All-India Congress accepts British plan for partition of India in New Delhi. |
| 11/20/1907 | Railroad workers strike in India. |
| 8/14/1987 | A soldier in a guard of honor attacks Indian Prime Minister Gandhi with his rifle butt at Sri Lanka. |
| 9/16/1929 | Yerramilli Janardan Rao, educationist, was born at Tanuku, (W. Godavari). |
| 8/25/1997 | 10,000 people residing in low lying areas in Gujarat shifted to safer places following incessant rains for two days. Death toll mounts to 265. |
| 2/17/1883 | Vasudeo Balvant Phadke, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away in prison at Aden. |
| 2/12/1993 | The baggage rules relaxed further. |
| 2/19/1895 | Munshi Newal Kishore, great social worker, educationist, nationalist, philanthropist and a pioneer industrialist, passed away at the age of 59. |
| 10/30/1933 | Dara Nadirsha Dotiwala, cricket Test umpire for 6 tests from 1981-88, was born in Mumbai. |
| 7/27/1949 | Agreement reached on the ceasefire line in Kashmir. |
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