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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
2/15/1920Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta.
3/22/199957 prisoners in Indian and Pakistan jails are repatriated to their respective motherlands at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost on the border in Amristar district.
10/27/1920Kocheril Raman Narayanan was born in the village of Uzhavoor in Kottayam district, Kerala.
4/3/1984Soyuz T-11 carried three cosmonauts along with the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma to Salyut 7.
9/30/1996Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai.
11/8/1997India lifts Asia Cup tennis title in Delhi.
3/21/1994Pakistan blocks access to Indian consulate in Karachi.
12/5/1992V. P. Singh and hundreds arrested in Barabanki on the way to Ayodhya.
12/8/1875Tej Bahadur Sapru, great leader, was born.
4/11/1906K.V. Jagannathan, great Hindi writer and journalist, was born at Krishnarayapuram,Tamil Nadu.