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Historical Event on 7/1/1997
Prime Minister inaugurated India's first Science City in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/25/1996 | Sunderlal Bahuguna, noted environmentalist, ends 74-day repentance fast at Rajghat following assurance from PM Deve Gowda. |
| 9/19/1962 | Jawaharlal Nehru was devastated when China began attacks on India's northern frontier leading to Indo-China War. |
| 1/23/1976 | Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation. |
| 12/31/1965 | Sivaramakrishan Laxman, right-hand batsman and leg break bowler, was born in Madras. |
| 4/3/1978 | Pandit Hridaynath Kunzru, social reformer, politician, passed away. He contributed greatly to public life, fighting against caste system, untouchability etc. He was closely affiliated to the 'Servants of India Society' with Ghokhaleji. He even declined to accept the ""Bharat Ratna"" award conferred on him. |
| 1/3/1919 | Shambhu Pan, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1960-70, was born at Bengal. |
| 5/2/1769 | Sir John Malcom, former Governor of Mumbai and historian, was born. |
| 12/9/1997 | Dr. K. Shivarama Karanth (95), doyen of Kannada literature and Jnanpith Award winner, died in Manipal. |
| 6/18/1940 | Forward Block Party was established. |
| 12/20/1904 | Virendranarayan Chakravorthy, former Indian Ambassador in England and Governor of Haryana, was born. |
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