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Historical Event on 7/1/1952

Olympic Games open at Helsinki.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1993The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM.
12/24/1988Jaynendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist, died.
11/14/1998Prominent Indian Government and private entities are targeted in the Clinton Administration Entities List. American Companies are barred from trading with the listed companies.
10/28/1998The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.
7/14/1636Aurangzeb was appointed as Shahjahan by Viceroy of Deccan.
9/25/1927Jagmohan Amirchand was born in Hafizabad (now in Pakistan).
11/7/1858Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful revolutionary and journalist, was born in a place called Silhat (now in Bangladesh). He was amoung the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started as newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democra
10/31/2000The Income Tax Department 'indicts' five cricketers - Kapil Dev, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Nikhil Chopra and Ajay Sharma - for tax evasion and concealment of income earned through ""dubious sources'
6/29/1999An Indian High Commissioner member N. R. Doraiswamy is beaten up by Pakistani intelligence operatives.
1/23/199750,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down.