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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
7/22/1991Pandit Basavraj Rajguru, great singer, passed away.
10/13/1679More than 20,000 lives were claimed near Massurla Pattanam city, costal area of South India, in a severe storm.
8/6/2000Sundararajan Kidambi becomes the new International Master in the Beil Open chess championship at Biel.
5/6/1952Dr. Rajendra Prasad re-elected the President of India ""Rashtrapati"" after the first Presidential election held under the Indian constitution.
3/21/1993The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM.
10/30/1991Norberto Carvalho, vetern freedom fighter of Goa freedom fight, passed away.
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.
7/16/1991Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.
4/1/1996Kerala introduces ban on arrack. 5614 licenced arrack shops closed down.
9/16/1990Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.