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India in 1960

Historical records for India in 1960, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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4Named people
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Historical records

February

February 1960TIFRACR. Narasimhan

Bombay · Science / Technology

R. Narasimhan and the TIFR team complete TIFRAC, an early indigenous digital computer designed and built in India.

September

19 September 1960Indus Waters TreatyJawaharlal Nehru

Karachi · Government / Government of India

Nehru and Pakistani President Ayub Khan sign the Indus Waters Treaty governing the use of the Indus river system.

Other Events

1960CIRUS ReactorHomi Jehangir Bhabha

Trombay · Science / Physics

Under Homi Bhabha's leadership, the CIRUS research reactor becomes operational at Trombay and expands India's nuclear research capacity.

1960Polarized Jupiter Radio EmissionVenkatraman Radhakrishnan

Owens Valley · Science / Astronomy

With J. A. Roberts, measures polarized extended radio emission from Jupiter, supporting a synchrotron radiation-belt interpretation.

Names involved

Homi Jehangir BhabhaJawaharlal NehruR. NarasimhanVenkatraman Radhakrishnan

Places involved

BombayKarachiOwens ValleyTrombay

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.