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Historical Event on 7/2/1961
Prof M S Thacker, DG-CSIR, laid the foundation stone for the wind tunnel complex.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/16/1951 | Salarjung Museum opened in Hyderabad. |
| 11/18/1997 | Puttaveeramma of Ishwatha Ashrama Vidyaranyapuram, Vishveshwara Nagar, Mysore, conferred with the 'Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award 1997' for lifelong exemplary service to poor destitute women, in particular deaf and dumb girl children. |
| 4/8/1985 | India files suit against Union Carbide in New York for Bhopal gas disaster. |
| 10/15/1997 | Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things' |
| 7/23/1856 | Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, scholar, mathematician, philosopher, militant nationalist Indian leader and who helped lay the foundation for India's independence, was born at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. |
| 7/23/1856 | Mughal conqueror Babur Shah (1483-1530) defeats Ibrahim Lodi II, the Lodi Sultan of Delhi, and captures Delhi and the Koh-i-noor diamond, in the First Battle of Panipat. He founded the Mughal dynasty in India (1526-1761), consolidated by his grandson Akbar. |
| 11/7/1996 | Cyclonic storm hits Andhra Pradesh. |
| 2/21/1992 | Congress scores nearly three-fourth majority in Punjab Assembly elections. |
| 6/9/1923 | K. Alagirisami, famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born. |
| 3/25/1931 | Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly 'Pratap'. |
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