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Historical Event on 11/2/1967

Ministry of Education evolves a National Service Scheme for University students.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/27/1936Golden Jublee Session of Indian National Congress, under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, held at Faizpur urging India to strike at British imperialism.
9/26/1931At Lancashire, Gandhi sees textile workers hurt by Indian boycott but says home spinning must go on.
6/1/1874East India Company was dissolved.
5/8/1997India decides to import currency notes for the first time.
12/28/1981Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.
7/4/1999The Indian Army recaptured Tiger Hill after a 11 hour assault, and hoisted the tricolour atop the 16,500 ft. peak.
7/14/196985 persons were killed when a freight train collided with a passanger train near Jaipur.
3/16/1977Sixth General Election of India begins.
6/18/1887Dr. Anugrah Narain Singh, freedom fighter, educationist, leader and Minister of India, was born in Poiyavan village, Gaya district, Bihar.
9/8/1911Anand Gopal Sheorey, great Hindi writer, litterateur and journalist, was born at Sausar in Madhya Pradesh.