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Historical Event on 7/1/1965

Meerut University was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/27/1958Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais.
6/27/1894Chhaganbapa (Chhaganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker, was born.
11/19/1998Shruti Khanna won her Maiden title on Indian soil in the Northern India Ladies Championship at the Delhi Golf Course.
9/27/1989Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died.
12/12/1999Ram Prakash Gupta, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, said Ram temple issue is still on BJP's agenda.
10/1/1932Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years.
4/11/1937Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born.
10/28/2000The Royal Canadian Mounted police arrest two Sikhs, Ripudaman Singh Malik (53) and Ajaib Singh Bagri (51), in Vancouver in connection with the downing of Air India Boeing 747 en route from Canada to London in 1985.
3/15/1946Attlee offers India full independence after agreement on constitution in London.
6/23/1761Balaji Bajirao (Nanasaheb), third peshwa, died at Pune, after losing in the Third Battle of Panipat on 12 June.