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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
6/2/1975India's First Spunge Iron project inaugurated at Vijaywada.
6/5/1999The Army releases documents seized from three Pakistani soldiers in the Batalik sector to substantiate its claim that Pakistan regulars are involved in the Kargil conflict.
2/19/1994Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration.
11/17/1857Sir Colin Campbell, British Army Officer, managed to supress Indian Mutiny sepoys at Lucknow.
11/17/1857Mughals capture Ahmednagar.
1/4/1958Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount and Governor of Bengal, died at the age of 75.
8/2/1987Vishwanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess championship.
1/7/1988Mrs. Janaki Ramachandran sworn in as CM of Tamil Nadu.
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.
5/11/1985Booby (Doll) trap bomb kills 86 people in India.