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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 |
2/22/1885 | Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta, great nationalist leader, was born. |
5/24/2000 | The Supreme Court rejects the proposal for setting up benches outside Delhi. |
2/28/1859 | Surbhi, farmer lady of Dholi Bavli, Central India, who was arrested for helping her son Bheema Nayak in the freedom movement and was jailed in Mahamandaleshwar jail, passed away. |
4/15/1975 | Janata Party's `People's March' to Parliament. |
2/13/1997 | Deve Gowda, PM, dedicates the Rs. 3200-crore 480 MW Uri hydel project in north Kashmir to the nation. |
1/28/1911 | The famous Hope diamond, once worn by Marie Antoinette, was bought tonight for over $300,000 by Ned McLean, son of John McLean. Mrs. McLean wore it as a head ornament, guarded by a former Secret Service man who in turn was guarded by two private detectives. Walnut-sized and exquisitely blue in color, the 44.5-carat stone stems from India. Its owners included Louis XIV, Louis XVI, and a London banker named Hope. A sinister history of ill luck, madness, and violent death clings to the unique gem. |
2/16/1992 | Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated. |
8/9/1963 | India is the first country to add its signature to the test-ban treaty at Moscow. |
12/31/1996 | Gold import policy liberalised. |
12/31/1996 | Alauddin Khilji captured Chittorhgarh after defeating Rana Bhim Singh. Before the capture, Padmini, the beautiful queen along with several hundred females, had sacrificed herself in fire (Jouhar Pratha). This whole battle was fought due to Padmini. |
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