Norman Ernest Borlaug brings the green revolution in agriculture
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Norman Borlaug came to India in 1963 and, along with Swaminathan, examined its food situation and advised the government on a new course of action. Their work led to a surge in food production and a decline in food prices, and eventually contributed to Borlaug winning the Nobel Prize in 1970.
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Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first president of independent India, was known to be one of the greatest political leaders as well as social reformers, who inspite of being a product of the Western culture was a true Indian at heart took his last breath on 28th February.
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In 1963 Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched its first rocket from Thumba Equatorial Launching Station. The station had a single launch pad in the midst of coconut plantations. A local Catholic Church the St Mary Magadelene's Church served as the main office for the scientists. The bishop's house was converted into a workshop. A cattle shed became the laboratory in which young Indian scientists like Abdul Kalam Azad worked and the rocket was transported to lift-off pad on a bicycle.
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Theft of the Holy Relic from the Hazratbal Shrine happenned. The Hazratbal Shrine is a Muslim shrine in Hazratbal, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India. It contained a relic, the Moi-e-Muqqadas, believed by many Muslims of Kashmir to be a hair of Muhammad.
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The beautiful north-eastern mountainous state of India came into existence on December 1, 1963. A complicated series of events over 150 years culminated in Nagaland and thus it became the 16th state of the Indian union.
Green Revolution took place in India
Norman Borlaug came to India in 1963 and, along with Swaminathan, examined its food situation and advised the government on a new course of action. Their work led to a surge in food production and a decline in food prices, and eventually contributed to Borlaug winning the Nobel Prize in 1970.
First president Rajendra Prasad passed away
Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first president of independent India, was known to be one of the greatest political leaders as well as social reformers, who inspite of being a product of the Western culture was a true Indian at heart took his last breath on 28th February.
India's first rocket being transported on bicycle
In 1963 Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched its first rocket from Thumba Equatorial Launching Station. The station had a single launch pad in the midst of coconut plantations. A local Catholic Church the St Mary Magadelene's Church served as the main office for the scientists. The bishop's house was converted into a workshop. A cattle shed became the laboratory in which young Indian scientists like Abdul Kalam Azad worked and the rocket was transported to lift-off pad on a bicycle.
Theft of Holy Relic from the Hazratbal Shrine took place
Theft of the Holy Relic from the Hazratbal Shrine happenned. The Hazratbal Shrine is a Muslim shrine in Hazratbal, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India. It contained a relic, the Moi-e-Muqqadas, believed by many Muslims of Kashmir to be a hair of Muhammad.
Nagaland comes into existence
The beautiful north-eastern mountainous state of India came into existence on December 1, 1963. A complicated series of events over 150 years culminated in Nagaland and thus it became the 16th state of the Indian union.
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