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Historical Event on 6/1/1972

Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS).

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/30/1929The first inland Indian air mail left New Delhi this morning for Jodhpur, Hyderabad, and Karachi to connect at Karachi with the air service to London.
6/27/1964Teen Murti Bhavan, official residence of the Prime Minister of India, became the Nehru Memorial Museum.
9/26/1999Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science.
10/15/1977The Congress party denies bid by Indira Gandhi to regain leadership.
3/11/1997Sadhana Mukherjee, a sex-worker from Calcutta, represents India at the first international conference on prostitution beginning in Los Angeles.
4/4/1987Agney, famous Hindi litterateur and Gyanpeeth Award winning poet, passed away.
4/1/1969India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore.
11/21/1971Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh.
9/16/1954The Lok Sabha adopted a clause in the Special Marriage Bill providing for divorce by consent.
5/28/1965Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400.