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Historical Event on 9/1/1962

Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/14/1940Cliff Richards [Harry Webb], rock vocalist, was born in Lucknow, India.
1/29/1896Swami Paranabananda Brahamachari, founder of `Bharat Sevashram Sangha', was born in Bajitpur village of Faridpur district. He took 'sanyas' in 1924.
5/17/2000The Union Cabinet clears a proposal for setting up a new appellate tribunal for foreign exchange following the repeal of the FERA and the enactment of FEMA in its place.
10/9/2000The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.
2/13/1713Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers.
3/12/1993Powerful bomb blasts at twelve various places in Mumbai takes 317 lives.
5/4/1959Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China.
1/29/1992India and Israel decide to establish full diplomatic relations.
3/25/1928S. R. Kulkarni, leader of dock workers, was born.
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.