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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
11/8/1965British Indian Ocean Territory formed.
7/27/1972Charu Majumdar, father of Naxalite Movement and the founder President of C.O.I.(M-L), died in prison.
10/24/1955Ghulam Ahmad Hasan Muhammad Parkar, cricketer (Indian batsman vs England 1982), was born in Kalusta, Maharashtra.
1/18/1936Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), famous English writer and author, died in Burwash, England at 70. He was a young journalist in British India. He wrote in verses, stories, novels childen's stories some of these were ""The Jungle Book, Kim and Just-50 stories"" and was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 for 'Kim' (Indian based story).
11/7/1971India admits forces entered Bangladesh to silence artillery.
9/17/1997Advance railway reservation period extended from 30 to 60 days w.e.f. February 01, 1998.
5/28/1988The first Cultural Exchange Programme was signed between India and China.
6/1/1938Continental Publication' started.
8/4/1993Tarabai Bapat, daughter-in-law of revolutionary Senapati Bapat, died.
9/2/1984Thousands of Sikhs rally at Golden Temple to protest govt. occupation in Amritsar.