Known as ‘magician of hockey’, the legend Major Dhyan Chand was passed away at AIIMS, Delhi on December 3. Dhyan Chand empowered Indian hockey team to win 3 Olympic Gold medals- in 1928 Amsterdam, 1932 Los Angelesand 1936 Berlin.

The Mandal Commission was established by the Janata Party government under Prime Minister Morarji Desai to "identify the socially or educationally backward. President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy made official decision to set up the ‘Mandal Commission’ on January 1.

Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize for her outstanding devotion to the poor in Calcutta’s slums. Born in Skopje, Macedonia on August 26, 1910, Mother Teresa was joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish Catholic order of nuns in 1928.

Rohini, a series of satellites was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The Rohini series consisted of four satellites, all of them were launched by the Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV). The series were mostly experimental satellites.