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Historical Event on 7/1/1962

Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, great leader, veteran nationalist, politician, professor, physician and architect, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/15/1953Internal Air Route Corporation of India was established.
3/31/1959Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India.
4/6/1956Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92),was born in Rajapur, Maharashtra. He has received Arjun Award (1981) and Padmashree (1987).
1/12/1955Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and veteran journalist, passed away.
3/17/1959Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet.
9/29/1998ISRO successfully launches its largest sounding rocket, Rohini (RH-560 mk, 11 total payload, 127 kg).
10/19/1921Pandurangshastri Athvle, founder of 'Swadhyay Pariwar', was born.
3/30/1699Guru Govind Singh the 10th Guru of Sikh's established 'Khalsa Panth'.
10/15/1996Kerala CM Nayanar says Governors are not necessary in states.
12/11/1999Gopalakrishna Gandhi, former High Commissioner to South Africa, is conferred the honorary doctorate by the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.