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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 |
| 1/11/1966 | Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously. |
| 7/16/1909 | Aruna Asaf Ali, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Kalka in Haryana. |
| 1/4/1937 | R. Surendranath, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s), was born in Meerut. |
| 8/15/1772 | Divani and Faujdary courts seperated by East India Company. |
| 9/30/1999 | A B Vajpayee, Prime Minister, calls upon the people at an election campaign in Lucknow to give him a five-year term. |
| 12/4/1993 | Bahadur Prasad wins the second gold medal in 5000 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila. |
| 3/21/1997 | Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura. |
| 12/13/1984 | The death toll in a toxic gas leak from an insecticide plant in Bhopal, India, now is estimated at 2,100, and tens of thousands of residents fled the city today after it was announced that the Union Carbide plant would be started up again to neutralize the effect. |
| 11/24/1948 | Ashok Gandotra, cricketer (Two Tests for India 1969), was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| 11/7/1971 | India admits forces entered Bangladesh to silence artillery. |
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