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Historical Event on 12/1/1965
Border Security Force was organised, which would be armed and trained to man the International Border with Pakistan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/4/1997 | Centre frees from its control nine top public sector undertakings, accounting for over Rs. 10,000 crore profits annually, to become global giants by providing them full financial and operational autonomy. This included newsprint and paper from licensing controls. |
| 12/8/1996 | Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest cricketer to make 3000 runs in test cricket (at the age of 23 yrs and 228 days.) |
| 7/8/1996 | U.N. says India is leading in HIV infections. |
| 2/9/1991 | India holds the last decennial census of the century. |
| 5/22/1963 | Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur. |
| 12/31/1706 | Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674. |
| 2/25/1869 | Anand Shankar Bapubhai Dhruv, Sanskrit Pandit and editor of monthly magzine 'Vasant' , was born. |
| 3/8/1921 | Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous film lyricist, was born. |
| 9/8/1960 | Feroz Gandhi, a prominent member of the Lok Sabha,died in New Delhi. |
| 9/8/1960 | Mahmud Gawan was appointed as Prime Minister, an office which he held till his execution. |
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