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Historical Event on 7/1/1952

Olympic Games open at Helsinki.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/11/1911Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born.
10/19/1910Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
10/9/1949The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General.
4/5/1979First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay.
12/22/1887Srinivas Ramanujam, India's greatest mathematician, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu.
5/20/1972Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta.
7/23/1993Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2B), second satellite in the INSAT-2 series, was launched. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was aunched by European Ariane launch vehicle.
2/1/1929Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born.
8/1/1953All Private Airlines were nationalised by establishing of All Airlines India International.
6/9/1998The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar.