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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
3/3/1859A length of 119 miles of line was laid in the North from Allahabad to Kanpur.
2/2/1814Calcutta Museum was established. It was a part of the Asiatic Society at a suggestion of a Danish surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, who was its first Director also.
5/31/1994Pandit Samtaprasad, famous Tabla player, passed away.
9/25/1997India clinches the Red & White Latif Masters International Snooker title in Karachi.
11/5/1994Russi Modi appointed Chairman of Air India and Indian Airlines.
5/26/2000Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai.
9/7/1931Meena Mangeshkar, famous playback singer, was born.
11/25/1993National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, celebrated its platinum jubilee in 1993 by organizing several scientific activities throughout the year, culminating in the International Symposium on Nutrition during November 25-27, 1993.
11/3/2000BCCI suspends five cricketers -Mohammed Azaruddin, Ajay Sharma, Ajay Jadeja, Nayan Mongia and Manoj Prabhakar--for a period of 15 days after the CBI report.
11/2/1967Ministry of Education evolves a National Service Scheme for University students.