Death of Syed Maududi

Idara Ma‘arif-e-Islami Lahore was established.
The Institute of Policy Studies was established under the leadership of Professor Khurshid Ahmad, with 40 researchers affiliated with it.
The Darul Uloom, Markaz Uloom-e-Islamia, was established at Mansurah.
Soviet forces entered Afghanistan.Jamaat supported the Afghan jihad from its first day. Refugee camps were established.
PREM won the railway referendum.
The sun of knowledge and spiritual insight that had risen in the East set in the West. Maulana Maududi passed away in Bafelo, USA. His funeral prayers were offered ten times across three continents.The funeral prayer at Gaddafi Stadium was led by the Qatari scholar Dr Sheikh Yusuf Abdullah al-Qaradawi. Buried at 5-A Zaildar Park.