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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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/29/1857 | Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny. |
| 3/9/1951 | Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born. |
| 5/29/1993 | Ramesh More, Shiv Sena MLA, was murdered. |
| 2/14/1994 | The controversial Supreme Court Judge V.Ramaswami, who survived an impeachment motion in Parliament, retires. |
| 10/31/2000 | The Income Tax Department 'indicts' five cricketers - Kapil Dev, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Nikhil Chopra and Ajay Sharma - for tax evasion and concealment of income earned through ""dubious sources' |
| 10/11/1968 | Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj passed away. (Samadhee) |
| 8/2/1994 | Opposition quits Parliament panels, boycotts sessions. |
| 6/4/1936 | Nutan, film actress, was born. |
| 2/3/1986 | Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta. |
| 6/23/1993 | Motilal Vohra made governor of UP. |
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