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Historical Event on 7/1/1968

Asia's biggest nuclear research lab started in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/19/1904Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, passed away at Nauheim, Hesse-Nassau, France. He commenced cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.
8/3/1939Apoorva Kumar Sengupta, cricketer (1959 Test - India vs WI, without distinction), was born in Lucknow.
7/28/1912Ramchandra Gondo Ginde, famous neuro surgeon, was born.
1/14/1851Peshwa Bajirao Raghunath, last Peshwa of Marathas, passed away at Brahmawart.
11/18/1911Free primary school education is introduced.
10/28/1928M.G.K. Menon, Physics expert, was born.
8/21/1988500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale.
6/9/1834Dr. William Carey, great writer and social worker, died.
6/29/1864Dr. Asutosh Mukherjee, great judge, educationist and lawyer of Bengal, was born at Calcutta.
7/12/1999India sets a deadline for intruders withdrawal from Kargil, announces suspension of air strikes.