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Historical Event on 1/1/1986

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/29/1991Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath vs Australia at Gabba.
8/15/1997K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta.
9/19/1704Guru Govind Singh died.
8/10/1988Ramakrishna Hegde resigns as CM of Karnataka on moral grounds in connection with phone tapping issue.
3/26/1992Accord with Bangladesh on Tin Bigha.
5/8/1963Centenary of Indian Red Cross was celebrated. Today is birthday of its founder.
6/8/1998A Disaster Management Cell (DMC) under the direct command of the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Air Command, was set up at the Command Operations Room to liaise with the State Government and initiate necessary actions. All aircrafts were evacuated from IAF bases at Jamnagar, Bhuj and Naliya and flown to pre-determined destinations. In this meticulously planned and smoothly executed drill, more than 60 aircrafts (including helicopters) were flown out.
3/12/1942British troops vacate the Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.
2/23/1994India rebuts Pak charges on Kashmir in the 53-nation UN Commission on Human Rights.
3/3/1948B. S. Munje, founder of Bhosla Military School, passed away.