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Historical Event on 1/28/1961

Foundation-stone of the first factory of H.M.T. wrist watches laid in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/11/1964M C Chagla, Union Minister of Education, turns the first sod for the foundation of the 4 ft tunnel.
9/15/1953S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation's (UNO) General Assembly.
1/10/1896Shri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), famous politician, freedom fighter, lawyer, prolific writer, social reformer, nationalist leader and litterateur, was born.
6/12/1891Gandhiji sailed for India and reached in July.
7/19/1998The INSAT-2C satellite suffers ``disorientation'' - loss of earth lock - briefly.
11/16/1908Bommi Narsingh Reddy, famous film story writer, was born.
9/26/1996High Court rejected Rao's petition for anticipatory bail in Pathak cheating case.
4/8/1997India creates history by entering the semi-finals of the 12th Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Cup international football series for the first time after holding Ghana 2-2 at Kochi.
7/30/1920Rikhye Maj-Gen Indar Jit, Educationist and Former Army Officer, was born at Lahore.
6/10/194277 Mountain Brigade was raised at Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.