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Historical Event on 7/1/1989

Yashvantrao Chavan Open University was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/1/1961First passenger Plane flight AVRO HS748.
8/15/1993Five more Doordarshan channels launched.
9/25/1997India clinches the Red & White Latif Masters International Snooker title in Karachi.
5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
5/11/1998Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft.
1/25/1976Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut during India vs New Zealand at Auckland.
1/6/1989Lord Sudhindra Prasanna Sinha died.
3/18/1924Madhusudhan Ramachandra Rege, cricketer (15 runs in only Test India v WI 1948-49), was born in Panvel, Maharashtra.
12/11/1963Kewalam Madhav Panikkar, veteran politician and famous historian, passed away.
11/13/1995The Supreme Court in an unanimous 65-page verdict declares that patients who received deficient services from the medical profession and hospitals were entitled to claim damages under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.