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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
9/16/1996First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto.
8/13/1997Supreme Court lays down guidelines and norms for the effective enforcement of the basic human right of gender equality and guarantee against sexual harassment at work places.
8/13/1997Firuz Shah captured the throne of Delhi and Sultan Jalal'ud-din Khalji called himself.
4/26/1992Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her.
10/26/1928R.S.Das, a law member of the Viceroy's council, died in Calcutta.
4/22/1930Civil Disobedience at Dandi, 6th April 1930 and Civil Disobedience at Bombay, 7th April 1930, both documentary films produced by Krishna Film Co., Bombay, were prohibited by Censor Board on April 22, on the grounds that they were calculated to foster resistance to Government and to promote a breach of Law and Order.
1/11/1986Union Government declares Ladakh a Scheduled Tribe area under a constitutional amendment order by the President, applying article 342 for the first time to J&K.
11/14/1997N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh.
9/6/1993CPI (M) wrests Congress (I) bastion of Chowringhee in the by-elections to the WB Assembly; Durgapur and Kurseong also won by CPI (M).
5/7/1985Adoor Gopalakrishnan adjudged Best Director (Mukhamukham) in national film awards.