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Historical Event on 2/23/1962

Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/27/1995Environmentalist and 'Chipko' leader, Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna ends the 49-day old fast in demand for a scientific review of the controversial Tehri dam project in UP.
8/20/1933Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast.
11/19/1991Two national commissions on women set up.
9/2/1918Datta Deshmukh, water expert and President of `Lalnishan Party', was born.
1/5/1952U.S. signs five-year accord to give India $ 50 mil. for economic development in New Delhi.
12/22/1977Nalinibala Devi, Assamese poet, passed died.
2/24/1996S. Korean President Kim Young Sam visits India.
10/24/1945UNO Day.
5/1/1902Tornodo hit Dhaka part of Bengal, claims 416 lives.
6/23/1997Acharya Tulsi, the founder of Terapanthi sector in Jainism, died. (20-10-98).