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Historical Event on 7/1/1962

Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, died at Allahabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/14/1803Lord Lake was captured Delhi.
10/19/1970First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.
4/2/1980S. S. Grewal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-04-1981.
7/11/2000Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"".
8/22/1980Kishor Shahu, actor and director, died.
8/6/1991Ramakrishna Hegde disqualified as MLA.
7/1/1930Vinodkumar C. Gupta, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
7/1/1882Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, great professor, politician, physician, leader and veteran nationalist, was born at Patna.
7/13/1957Behram Navrosji Karanjia, leading merchant and director of various companies, passed away.
1/18/1997Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins.