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Historical Event on 7/1/1952

Olympic Games open at Helsinki.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/1952Roshan Harshadlal ""Deepak"" Shodhan scored 110 in his Test Cricket debut vs Pakistan in Calcutta.
7/8/1907Elphinstone Picture Palace was started by Jamshedji F. Madan at Calcutta.
7/12/1947Pochiah Krishnamurthy, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1971 WI tour), was born in Hyderabad.
9/22/1986India vs Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie.
1/23/1978The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
10/9/1968Olympic Games open in Mexico City.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
2/1/1969Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta.
5/25/1915Mahatma Gandhi established Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
7/8/1996U.N. says India is leading in HIV infections.