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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
11/19/1985Lall Singh, cricketer (one Test for India 1932), passed away.
12/21/1952Saifuddin Kitchlu awarded the Lenin Peace Prize of U.S.S.R. Award. He was the first Indian to receive this honour.
4/7/1997NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi.
4/14/1944Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.
3/15/1983Karnataka beat Bombay in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
7/28/1999Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray is banned from voting and contesting in any election for six years from December 11, 1995 on the recommendations of the Election Commission.
11/14/1993Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, who quit JD, joins BJP.
2/21/1953Tillaya Dam and Bokaro Power Station opened by the PM.
11/18/1997US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in New Delhi. Ms. Albright said she raised the 'all-important issue of terrorism' with Pakistan's top leadership.
2/22/1944Kasturba Gandhi passed away in British imprisonment in Aga Khan Palace at Pune.