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Historical Event on 7/1/1965
Meerut University was established.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/27/1989 | Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died. |
| 1/8/1906 | Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated. |
| 6/23/1930 | The Simon Commission recommends a federal India and the separation of Burma at London. |
| 8/4/1928 | Udham Singh, Indian field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64), was born. |
| 5/14/1953 | Y. N. Sukthankar was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1957. |
| 1/3/1917 | Kartarsingh Duggal, famous Punjabi story-writer and novelist, was born. |
| 1/23/1978 | The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions. |
| 6/3/1947 | Evening newspaper 'Jay Hind' published. |
| 11/17/1915 | Vishnu Gopal Pingle was hanged for revolting against the Indian Army in Talegaon prison of Pune. |
| 1/8/1993 | FERA restrictions removed, resident Indians allowed to keep as much as $500. |
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