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Historical Event on 11/1/1949
Thomason Collage at Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh, was raised to the status of an Engineering University - the first of its kind in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/30/1908 | Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar, freedom fighter and social worker, was born at Pasumpon village, Tamil Nadu. |
| 8/20/1991 | Sivarasan and Subha, the main suspects in Rajiv Gandhi case, commit suicide in Bangalore. |
| 7/1/1989 | New Governors were appointed in five states. Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao became Governor for J&K. |
| 12/28/1995 | Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service. |
| 10/11/1737 | A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives. |
| 1/26/1999 | 21 dalits are gunned down by the Ranbit Sena in Jahanabad district in Bihar. |
| 4/29/1936 | Zubin Mehta, famous music conductor (NY Philharmonic), was born in Bombay, India. |
| 2/6/1953 | Congress, PSP, CP and Jansangh recognised as All India parties by the Election Commission. |
| 7/31/1991 | Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1993. |
| 11/9/1999 | Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour. |
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