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Historical Event on 1/1/1985
Doordarshan starts Malayalam telecast from Trivandrum.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/15/1955 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) by the President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad. |
| 2/11/1977 | Dr. Fakruddin Ali Ahmad (1905-1977), the 5th President of India, passed away in office. |
| 9/26/1992 | Indian Airlines hike fare by 9 percent. |
| 11/10/1922 | S. K. Raghunath Rao, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Karnataka. |
| 7/22/1959 | Ananth Kumar was born in Banglore. He is a Minister in Vajpayee's Government. |
| 2/22/1913 | Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born in Lucknow. |
| 7/7/1917 | Ram Subhagsingh, great politician and former Rail Minister, was born. |
| 5/26/2000 | Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai. |
| 11/24/1919 | Gandhiji presides over All-India Khilafat conference at Delhi. |
| 1/17/1922 | T. A. Pai, former Central Minister and bank expert, was born. |
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