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Historical Event on 7/1/1962

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1989V. P. Singh is named the new prime minister.
3/1/1971Central Translation Bureau was setup as a subordinate office under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Bureau undertakes translation work of manuals, codes, forms and other non-statutory procedural literature of various ministries, departments, offices of the Central Government and Undertakings, Banks etc.
12/20/1978Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment.
12/20/1978Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan of Lodi tribe, marched down upon Delhi.
8/16/1991Indian Airliner Boeing 737 crashes in Manipur's Churachandpur district killing all 69 aboard.
1/18/1999Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune.
3/10/1998India 'A' beats Pakistan 'A' by 58 runs in the fourth test to clinch the rain-hit series 1-0 at Karachi.
11/17/1925Jemini Ganesh, film actor, was born.
9/7/1996Ajit Singh quits Congress and heads Tikait's party.
1/26/1930Mahatma Gandhi started the Dandi march to protest against the Salt Act of the British and the same day Indians swore to get 'Total' Swaraj and organised the day as Swaraj Day.