The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is an autonomous engineering and technology-oriented institute of higher education founded by the Government of India in 1951. The first of the seven IITs to be established, it is officially recognised as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India and is regarded as one of the best engineering institutions in India. IIT Kharagpur was established to train scientists and engineers after India attained independence in 1947. Its organisational structure as well as its undergraduate admission process is shared by sister IITs. The students and alumni of IIT Kharagpur are referred to as KGPians. Among all IITs, IIT Kharagpur has the largest campus (2,100 acres), the most departments, and the highest student enrollment. IIT Kharagpur is particularly famous for its festivals Illumination and Rangoli, Spring Fest and Kshitij.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1815: William I proclaimed himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I_of_the_Netherlands)

1872: In the first ever final of the FA Cup, the world's oldest football competition, Wanderers F.C. defeated Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1-0 at The Oval in Kennington, London. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FA_Cup)

1935: Conscription was re-introduced in Nazi Germany, and the German military was renamed Wehrmacht. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrmacht)

1968: Vietnam War: American soldiers killed 347 civilians in My Lai, Vietnam. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%E1%BB%B9_Lai_Massacre)

2006: The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to establish the UN Human Rights Council. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Human_Rights_Council)

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If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. -- James Madison (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Madison)