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Historical Event on 7/12/1960

Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/1919Rayat Educational Institute (Rayat Shikshan Sanstha) was established.
6/6/1997U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal.
12/19/1945Gandhiji lays foundation stone of C. F. Andrews' Memorial Hospital at Santiniketan.
1/8/1987P. G. Joshi, cricketer (12 Tests for India 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9), passed away.
5/6/1910Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace tonight. He ruled Britain for nine years. Power passed immediately to his son George, the Prince of Wales, who will rule as King George V. The 68-year-old monarch's sudden death threw his country into a state of shock. Edward had apparently caught a cold during a visit the past weekend to the wet grounds of his estate at Sandringham.
7/12/1932The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir.
9/10/1912B. D. Jatti, former Vice President of India, was born.
7/21/1962Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons.
8/6/1999Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi.
6/3/1912Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej, great industrialist, was born.