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Historical Event on 11/1/1978

Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV) was converted from College of Agriculture to University.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1994Six leading Akali factions dissolved to form a new party, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar, which wanted a 'Sikh State'.
5/2/1996Controversial godman Chandraswami arrested and sent to high security Tihar jail on a day's judicial custody by a Delhi court for allegedly cheating NRI businessman Lakhubhai Pathak of $1 lakh in 1983.
12/9/1873Lord Northbrook, Viceroy and Governor General of India laid the foundation stone of the building.
11/9/1997Poonam Chibber, Miss Canada, crowned seventh Miss India Worldwide.
5/5/1929Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.
1/25/1980Awards regarding Public Honour were re-started by Goverment of India; Mother Teresa was honoured by Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, etc.
10/27/1947Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir.
3/14/1990Akash' missile tested successfully.
7/13/1957Behram Navrosji Karanjia, leading merchant and director of various companies, passed away.
9/20/1998A. B. Bardhan is re-elected CPI general secretary.