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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
6/25/1932India played their first official test match on the ground of Lords against England.
3/14/1910Dalai Lama makes a rare state visit to the Viceroy of Calcutta.
9/4/1927World fliers reach Karachi, India.
4/7/1997NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi.
8/29/1994Tusharkanti Ghosh, world famous Indian journalist, passed away.
12/9/1997Dr. K. Shivarama Karanth (95), doyen of Kannada literature and Jnanpith Award winner, died in Manipal.
8/7/1905The first political documentary ootage was the Great Bengal Partition Movement: Meeting and Procession shot by Jyotish Sarkar and Jamshedji F. Madan in Calcutta.
7/18/1993Dr. Banoo Coyaji, 75, gets Magsaysay Award for Public Service.
2/22/1994Punjab brought back to international air map after 10 years with the introduction of flights to 8 countries from Amritsar Rajasansi Airport.
7/28/1921The All-India Congress Party votes to boycott a forthcoming visit by the Prince of Wales and urges a boycott of imported cloth.