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Historical Event on 3/1/1960

National Aeronautical Research Laboratory moves to Bangalore with offices at Palace Road and Jayamahal Road. It soon becomes National Aeronautical Laboratory. Dr Nilakantan invites Dr D M Rao to lead the 4 ft tunnel project.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/18/1916Iyyer G. Subramaniam, Congress leader, passed away.
11/1/1950First Indigenous Steam Engine from Chitranjan Rail Factory railed out.
6/6/1922Gopalan Morappakam Joysam, cricketer, was born at Maduranthakan, in Tamil Nadu. He received the Padmashree in 1964.
6/6/1922Guru Amardasji passed away.
11/13/1992Dr. Pundalik Dattatrya Gaitonde, Goa freedom fighter, passed away.
1/19/1996Upendranath 'Ashk', noted Hindi literary figure known for his disputed writings, passed away.
8/1/1997Nitin Mongia wins Laser standard in sailing championship in Hyderabad.
2/20/1928Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born.
4/17/1983Rohini (RS-D2), placed in orbit, was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload. Launched by the second developmental launch of SLV-3.
9/21/1938Prof. Raghuveer Singh Rathore, Cricket Test umpire for one test in 1990-91, was born in Rajasthan.