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Historical Event on 7/1/1961
Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/1/1961 | Rana Sanga of Mewar, who had built up an extensive and powerful kingdom over the central and western regions of Northern India, passed away. Mughal Emperor Babur captured Chanderi Fort from Medini Rai, Rana Sangram Singh one of the Lieutenants. |
| 7/6/1837 | Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, a reputed oriental scholar and famous Indian Scientist, was born in Malvan in Ratnagiri district. He was a social reformer and an active member of Prathana Samaj of Bombay. |
| 12/10/1996 | Supreme Court bans employment of child labour in hazardous industries. |
| 10/3/1999 | India finished with seven silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Singapore. |
| 6/5/1980 | Manipur University was established. |
| 3/18/1990 | Devi Lal, Deputy PM, withdraws his resignation. |
| 1/12/1757 | Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel. |
| 3/20/1937 | England beat Scotland at Murrayfield for the first time for Soccer's Calcutta Cup, International Championship and Triple Crown, UK. |
| 2/9/1992 | Publication of daily newspaper `Lokpatra' started from Nanded. |
| 7/17/1948 | Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service. |
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