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Historical Event on 7/1/1952

Olympic Games open at Helsinki.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/10/1989Panchayatraj' and 'Nagarpalika' bills were passed in Parliament's Lok Sabha.
1/4/1964The First Diesel Engine came out of the Varanasi Diesel Engine Carshed.
8/28/1998India and Pakistan clash at the Security Council after New Delhi denounced the running of terrorist training camps in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan.
9/11/1888Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, was born in Barcelona, Spain.
9/14/1923Ram Jethmalani, famous law expert and politician, was born.
2/26/1984Satellite Insat 1-B dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
5/19/1796Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds.
8/11/1984A cloud of toxic chemicals escaped from a Union Carbide plant near Charleston, West Virginia, this morning, and at least 135 residents were treated for eye, throat, and lung irritation. Last December, methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a Union Carbide plant in India, killing 2,000 people. No MIC escaped today, plant officials said. Aldicarb oxime, a much less toxic gas, is declared as one constituent of the gas cloud.
7/3/1998Kavi Pradeep, Hindi film lyricist, is selected for the 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke award.
4/19/1960Meeting of Afro-Asian Conference at New Delhi.