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Historical Event on 4/9/1986

First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/1970Production of Uranium 233 started at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Bombay.
2/22/1946Curfew imposed till 9 p.m. by the British in Bombay as rioting and looting continued for the second day.
12/19/1952Nehru announces the Government's decision for establishing an Andhra State, constituting Telugu speaking areas of the State of Madras, excluding the city.
2/1/1985Muhammad Azharuddin created a world record at Kanpur by hitting a century in each of his first three test.
12/30/1935Lord Reading, former Viceroy and Governor General of India, died at the age of 76 at UK.
9/8/2000Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.
9/8/2000Sher Shah defeats Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and becomes emperor of Delhi.
11/19/1999New Governors for Bihar, West Bengal, Goa, Manipur and Punjab are named by the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
5/20/1964P. T. Usha, famous sprinter, was born.
5/14/1907Muhammad Ayub Khan, Pakistani president, was born.