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Historical Event on 8/15/1969

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/1970Production of Uranium 233 started at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Bombay.
7/29/1997Rabri Devi inducts 60 ministers, including 22 of cabinet rank, thus raising strength of her Council of Ministers to 74.
1/19/1905Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali writer and thinker, passed away.
8/5/1939In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was today convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay.
1/18/1970Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48.
7/5/1993Air Marshal Swarup Krishna Kaul appointed Chief of Air Staff.
9/8/1990Mother Teresa re-elected head of Missionaries of Charity.
5/23/1995TADA expires and new Anti-Terrorists Activities Law proposed. Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 1995, voting put off; Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill 1995.
2/8/1994Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432.
11/16/1986Second SAARC summit held at Bangalore.