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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
10/5/1993CBI chargesheeted 40 in Ayodhya case. Advani, Joshi and Bal Thackeray were among the accused.
3/17/1989Daily newspaper 'Sakal' published its edition in South Maharashtra.
12/14/1931Viceroy of India issues new powers to seize properties of those who, following independence leader Gandhi, refuse to pay taxes.
1/6/1979Rohini-200, first monsoon experimental rocket, launched from Thumba.
8/5/1981Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J).
11/5/1915Balasaheb Devras, sar sanghchalak of RSS, was born.
1/8/1906Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated.
1/27/1904R. P. Kanitkar, veteran writer, nationalist, journalist and editor, was born.
10/31/1997Autonomous Prasar Bharati with enough muscle to get Government off its back is promised by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Jaipal Reddy, while announcing changes to Prasar Bharati Act in New Delhi.
1/18/1968The Resolution on Official Languages was passed by both the houses of the Parliament wherin the need to formulate a more intensive and comprehensive programme for the progressive use of Hindi for Official purposes, preparing annual assessment report for reviewing the progress, formulating a programme for the co-ordinated development of the other languages included in the 8th schedule alongwith Hindi, adopting of a tri-langual formula, making the knowledge of either Hindi or English compulsory for recruitment to the services of the Union, and inclusion of all the languages of the 8th schedule of the Constitution and English as the optional medium for the exams conducted by the union Public Service Commission at the appropriate time, has been stressed.