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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 |
| 11/27/1946 | London announces parley on India; Muslims accept, Hindus decline. |
| 12/28/1998 | India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement to establish a bilateral free trade area, after the visiting Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee, have sorted out the differences that held up the negotiations on it in the past. |
| 8/14/1987 | A soldier in a guard of honor attacks Indian Prime Minister Gandhi with his rifle butt at Sri Lanka. |
| 12/10/1936 | England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI. |
| 4/9/1986 | First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada. |
| 11/3/1999 | Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, well-known agricultural scientist, is selected for the UNESCO Gandhi gold medal. |
| 5/18/1998 | India may take the US to WTO. |
| 3/23/1923 | Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Sukkur, Sind. He was held for removing of fishplates which caused derailment of British Wagon. |
| 3/8/1864 | Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912. |
| 8/14/1947 | Pakistan was partitioned from India. Gandhiji hailed the following day as one of rejoicing for deliverance from British bondage. |
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