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Historical Event on 7/1/1955

Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/12/1991Sonia Gandhi declineed to contest from Amethi.
6/6/2000Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai.
9/17/1924Popati Ramchand Hiranandani, famous Hindi writer, was born at Hyderabad in Sind.
9/1/1962Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur.
1/3/1978Chandrasekar takes 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win.
8/15/1854The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855.
11/21/1963First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme.
9/6/1995New broad gauge train ""Palace on Wheels"" started between Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
9/1/1896Bhaktivedanta Swami, litterateur and social worker, was born in Calcutta.
5/27/1996A. B. Vajpayee, PM, seeks vote of confidence in his 12-day old govt.