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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 |
| 7/1/1955 | Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies. |
| 12/11/1999 | Gopalakrishna Gandhi, former High Commissioner to South Africa, is conferred the honorary doctorate by the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. |
| 8/1/1990 | Devi Lal, Dy. PM, dropped from Union Cabinet following wild charges he made against colleagues in an interview with the 'Illustrated Weekly'. |
| 4/24/1996 | BSE index reaches 3869.87, a new 18-month high. |
| 6/30/1930 | George Fernandes, worker's leader and politician, was born. |
| 6/4/1992 | Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested. |
| 12/23/1920 | King George V signs Home Rule Act. |
| 3/22/1971 | Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, great social reformer, revolutionary and poet, passed away. |
| 1/10/1996 | Centre sets up Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission. |
| 3/21/1973 | Yashwant Ramkrishna Date, great Marathi dictionary creator, passed away. |
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