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Historical Event on 9/1/1962

Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/19/1838Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj.
9/18/1992M. Hidayatullah, former Vice President and Chief Justice, died. He was 87.
9/18/1992Humayun died at Delhi. Two days earlier he had slipped on the staircase of a library being constructed at the Old Fort.
6/30/1991A 36-member Congress ministry led by Hiteswar Saikia assumes office in Assam.
8/11/1893First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra.
7/28/199712 persons are killed and 69 injured as New Delhi-bound Karnataka Express rams Himsagar Express at Old Faridabad station level-crossing in Haryana.
9/12/1998Bihar flood toll mounts to 320.
8/15/1999Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says Agni-2 to be inducted in the defence arsenal.
10/11/1996Supreme Court ruling on change of venue of Rao's trial.
5/13/1997Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.