IBM Computer at IIT Kanpur in 1963

An IBM 1620 computer arrived in IIT Kanpur in August 1963 by plane at Chakeri airport at Kanpur, and from there it was taken to the institute by bullock carts with inflated tyres, because bringing it by truck, the truck’s vibration on the bad roads of Kanpur could damage it’s electronic circuits. When it was brought in, the door of the IIT Kanpur computer centre was too small to take in the machine, so one of the walls was broken and then the computer was installed.