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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 |
| 11/1/1949 | Saint Gyaneshwar passed away. (Samadhee). |
| 11/11/1998 | V. M. Devaraj (78), DMK leader and former MLA, passed away after a brief illness. He represented Vellore in 1980, 1984 and 1989. He was a close associate of the DMK founder, C. N. Annadurai. |
| 9/21/1945 | British promise India independence. |
| 6/26/1955 | Poland and India affirm Panchsheel. |
| 9/9/1999 | Mr. V. Sudarshan, Foreign Editor of The Pioneer till recently gets the Appan Menon Award. |
| 5/18/1901 | Nibaran Chandra Chakrabarti, great poet and Hindi writer, was born in Brahmangaon, (Dacca). |
| 5/18/1901 | The first visit of Jesuit Priest of Goa in the Court of Emperor Akbar at Fatehpur Sikri. |
| 11/24/1952 | Brijesh Parsuram Patel, cricketer (Indian batsman 1974-77), was born in Baroda. |
| 8/20/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast. |
| 1/23/1909 | New direct 7,000-mile telegraphic link with India is hailed as a great achievement at London. |
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