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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 |
| 3/26/1972 | The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri. |
| 12/1/1990 | Vijayalaxmi Pandit, first Indian Lady Ambassador and Politician, passed away at the age of 90 years. |
| 10/22/1999 | The Prime Minister warns of more 'hard decisions'. |
| 10/26/1935 | Ashok P.Jain, great industrialist, was born. |
| 6/5/1998 | Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997. |
| 5/9/1753 | Maharaja Surajmal attack on Delhi. |
| 7/15/1917 | Tukaram Tanaji Sawant, educationist and famous Hindi writer, was born at Pokharam, (Maharashtra). |
| 6/5/1973 | Madhav Sadashiv Golvalkar, politician and RSS chief, passed away. |
| 4/1/1935 | The Reserve Bank of India was established as a Central Bank and the job of issuing notes was entrusted to this bank. The Commissioner's office which issued currency was abolished and was substituted by the Governer of the RBI. The issue offices scattered around the country came to be called as the regional offices of the Reserve Bank. |
| 3/21/1997 | Geet Sethi regains Gold Flake Open billiards in Chennai. |
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