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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
2/28/1884Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, passed away.
12/30/1974Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.
7/31/1940Udham Singh, fiery revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by the British Government in the Pantone Villa Jail, London.
11/12/1999A 50-member BJP ministry led by Ram Prakash Gupta is sworn in Uttar Pradesh.
11/16/198966 out of 71 trapped miners at Raniganj rescued.
9/28/1984First floodlights lit ODI between India and Australia held outside of Australia at New Delhi.
6/19/1999The ''people's bus'' from Calcutta rolls into Dhaka and is formally received by the Prime Minister and his Bangladesh counterpart.
5/31/1987Daman and Diu to remain as union territories after Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
10/16/1906Shankar Damodar Chitale, famous author and teacher, was born in Secundarabad.
6/20/1946Gandhiji attends Working Committee meeting from 20-21 June.