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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
8/15/1947Indian Independence Day.
10/23/1934Gandhi resigns as leader of the All India Congress.
9/5/1988The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill.
8/20/1995305 killed and 345 injured in collision between Purushottam Express and Kalindi Express at Murlinagar near Firozabad (UP).
12/29/1977World's biggest Drive-In theatre started screening in Bombay.
8/1/1920Kirloskar, monthly magzine, was published.
1/7/1994The whole nation pays homage to Kanchi's beloved 'peripatetic tapasvin sage', Shri Shri Shankaracharya Chandrashekharendra, who died on this date during his 100th year.
4/15/1946The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
10/13/1971Hitesh Modi, cricketer (Kenyan left-handed batsman 1996 World Cup), was born.
1/16/1990All Governors asked to resign.