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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 |
| 8/20/1917 | Raja Kulkarni, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Mhaswa village in Maharashra. |
| 10/2/1952 | Community Development Programme started. |
| 1/19/1992 | Manvendra Mukherji, famous singer and music director, passed away. |
| 9/20/1878 | Hindu"", an English weekly in Madras with G. S. Aiyer as its Editor, was first published with only 80 copies. |
| 8/18/1979 | Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died. |
| 4/16/1963 | Gopal Singh Nepali, famous poet, passed away. |
| 1/10/1839 | Tea from India first arrives in UK. |
| 9/18/2000 | Prasar Bharati issues a notification making it compulsory for cable operators to telecast regional channels of Doordarshan on prime band, in addition to DD-1 and DD-2, in their respective states. |
| 6/5/1998 | Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997. |
| 3/9/1951 | Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born. |
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