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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
3/21/1979Morarji Desai, PM, inaugurated the Backward Classes Commission in New Delhi.
1/29/1993Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman.
4/8/1923Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week.
4/2/1980S. S. Grewal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-04-1981.
2/11/1913Surendranath Dwivedi, educationist, politician and writer, was born in Khandasahi (Orissa).
10/20/198121-month-old Left United Front Ministry led by E. K. Nayanar resigns in Kerala.
8/6/1991Ramakrishna Hegde disqualified as MLA.
1/6/1976Baliram Bhagat elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
6/23/1810Duncan Dock of Bombay was completed.
9/8/1962Chinese army infiltrated in the north-east border of India exceeding the Mac-Mahon line (Tibet-India boundary). This was the first ocassion of Chinese infiltration.