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Historical Event on 1/1/1880

Money order system was introduced.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1987Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.
1/3/1997Congress President Sitaram Kesri elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, and Sharad Pawar appointed leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha.
6/30/1995CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan.
8/13/1951First test flight of 'Hindustan Trainer-2' (H.T.2) which was indigenously designed and manufactured in India.
1/14/1948First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published.
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.
8/5/1604John Eliot, ""Apostle to Indians,"" Bible translator, baptized.
11/7/1990National Front Government headed by V. P. Singh loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha (151-356). Singh tenders his resignation and this is the end of 11-month-old National Front Government.
1/14/1994Marathwada University renamed as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.
1/31/1969Saint Meherbaba passed away.