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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
12/20/1993Jaichandran Nair, Colonel Neelkantan, died.
7/29/1901Rudyard Kipling, the renowned author of stories and poems about colonial India and an unofficial spokesman for the British Empire, joined the rising chorus of criticism in regard to Britain's conduct in the increasingly unpopular Boer War.
1/27/1948Gandhiji visits Mehrauli Muslim Fair.
2/26/1946Mrinal Pandey, famous Hindi columnist, was born.
6/9/1980M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office.
8/25/1990GOI announces formation of National Security Council headed by the Prime Minister.
3/31/1997The Bombay Stock Exchange crashes by 300 points.
4/14/1952Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated.
5/4/1994Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service.
5/2/1996Controversial godman Chandraswami arrested and sent to high security Tihar jail on a day's judicial custody by a Delhi court for allegedly cheating NRI businessman Lakhubhai Pathak of $1 lakh in 1983.