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Historical Event on 1/1/1985

Doordarshan starts Malayalam telecast from Trivandrum.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
4/4/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, inaugurates Samvidhan.com, a website about the Constitution. The site is a part of the Hindi portal, Webdunia.com.
7/26/1923Mukeshchandra Mathur, famous playback singer, was born.
2/3/1995The Transplantation of Human Organs Act, notified after 7 months of Presidential assent, becomes enforceable.
7/22/1702The ""English Company of Merchants"" and the old East India Company was named the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies"". In1833, this name finally changed to East India Company.
6/7/1989Sheetal Pandya set up a world record at the age of 5 years.
11/6/1946Gandhiji leaves for Noakhali; issues statement on ""Partial Fast"". Noakhali tour beg
11/16/198966 out of 71 trapped miners at Raniganj rescued.
1/14/1990India and Maldives scrap visas.
5/22/1936Lord Brabourne laid the foundation stone of Brabourne Stadium in Bombay.