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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
1/28/1902Gandhiji left for Rangoon visit. Stays for a month with Gokhale at Calcutta. Returns to Rajkot and settles down to practise.
10/15/1997Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things'
1/12/1946De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above.
8/7/1990Union Cabinet approves setting up of Indian Broadcasting (Programme) Service.
6/23/1927All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta.
2/9/1993Silver prices crash as the govt allows passengers to import upto 100 k and reduces customs duty on 35 baggage items from 255 to 150 \%.
2/18/1983Violence between Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Singhalese in Sri Lanka marks beginning of Tamil rebellion by Tiger freedom fighters demanding an independent nation called Eelam. Prolonged civil war results.
11/22/1971Indian and Pakistan governments protested violations of national airspace along the western border, but aerial conflict between the respective air arms began, preceding full-scale warfare between India and Pakistan by 12 days.
9/3/1931Kanhaiya Prasad Sharan, politician, journalist and social worker, was born at Muzaffapur, Bihar.
8/10/1963The Kamraj Plan.
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