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Historical Event on 8/1/1966

Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV) was established at Palampur under the aegis of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, to cater to the need of hilly areas of erstwhile Punjab.

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12/1/1993Nirubhai Desai, freedom fighter, veteran journalist and socialist, passed away.
3/13/1996Wills World Cup Cricket semi final (India vs Sri Lanka) at Calcutta abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. Sri Lanka enters final.
12/25/1937Pitambar Datt Kaushika, great educationist, was born at Bulandshahar.
4/4/1942Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War.
6/30/1834Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).
5/11/1985Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence.
8/12/1946Viceroy announces invitation to Congress to form provisional Government.
4/9/1965After Indo-Pak conflict of 1965, the Raksha Medal, Samar Seva Star and some others were introduced.
5/28/1978The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay.
6/14/1886Orphanage for little girls was established.