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Historical Event on 7/22/1970
Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV), College of Agriculture, Palampur was transferred to Himachal Pradesh University as part of its Agricultural Complex.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/1905 | Horse drawn tram cars were closed down in Bombay. This service was started on May 9, 1874 with 20 tram cars and 200 horses. The very first day of its run, the number of passengers carried was 451 and the amount earned was Rs. 85/- on the last day it had 1360 horses and carried 71,947 passengers and earned Rs.4,260/. |
| 2/19/1994 | IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time. |
| 11/6/1999 | Red carpet welcome to Pope. He appreciated the religious freedom in India. |
| 1/3/1836 | Munshi Newal Kishore, son of Jamuna Prasad Bhargava--a zamindar of Aligarh-- and a great erudite scholar, educationist, nationalist, social worker and a pioneer industrialist, was born. He was the founder of Navalkishore Press, Lucknow (1858), which published 2612 books that elaborated Hindi literature. He was the Publisher of Awadhi Newspaper in Asia. |
| 5/9/1995 | Two new gas and oil reserves found off the Gujarat and Bombay coast. |
| 11/28/1704 | Jacob Mossel, Governor General (Dutch East Indies), was born. |
| 2/3/1994 | Akash' missile launched successfully. |
| 5/16/1945 | Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away. |
| 6/22/1975 | National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced. |
| 10/24/1954 | Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died. |
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