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Historical Event on 7/1/1989

Yashvantrao Chavan Open University was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/18/1980Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.
8/4/1933Gandhi is imprisoned for one year for breaking a restraint order.
6/23/1761Balaji Bajirao (Nanasaheb), third peshwa, died at Pune, after losing in the Third Battle of Panipat on 12 June.
5/25/1917Abdul Vavakunju Ummasalumma Khader, freedom fighter, was born in Kerala. He was hanged on September 10, 1943.
5/25/1917Saint Kabir was born.
9/27/1989Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died.
1/21/1997Delhi was the first city to use propane gas when 50 autorickshaws were started on trial basis.
3/30/1993Air Time Committee Chief P.S. Deodhar and its members resign in protest against the implementation of the metro channel of Doordarshan.
4/5/1991Kerala Assembly dissolved paving way for elections.
4/20/1971India won Cricket Test Rubber' for the first time after defeating West Indies Cricket Team.