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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
8/6/1999Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi.
1/24/1980E. K. Nayanar forms Government in Kerala.
11/5/1906Initials of the place of issuance of notes were started to be printed instead of Issuing Circle's name.
3/20/1952Anand Armitraj, great Indian tennis player (Brother of Vijay), was born.
3/20/1952Muhammad Tughluq Shah II passed away at Sindh.
8/15/1969Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy.
11/7/1867Madam Marie Sklodowska, great scientist, professor and Nobel Prize awardee, was born in Poland.
3/31/1992Delhi beat Tamil Nadu in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
5/25/1999India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.
9/30/1972Pakistani troops shell into the Indian zone of Kashmir.