1 January in Hindu history
1 January 1818
Battle of Koregaon
During the last Anglo-Maratha war, a Company detachment of about 800 men, mostly of the 2nd battalion, 1st Bombay Native Infantry, fought a far larger body of the Peshwa’s troops for a whole day in the lanes of Koregaon.
1 January 1920
Remaining indentures cancelled
All indenture contracts still running in Fiji were cancelled from this day. The girmit system was over.