Nehru has no role behind the establishment of ISRO? - Fact check

Nehru has no role behind the establishment of ISRO? - Fact check

 

There are some post viral on social media, claiming that India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru did not have any role in the creation of India's space agency Isro.

This claim started coming viral on social media when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Wednesday that India has successfully joined the anti-satellite (ASAT) launching countries.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi suddenly gave a message to the nation. In this, he said, "India has achieved its success in global space power."

This achievement was appreciated on many social media pages with right-thinking ideology, while criticizing the announcement made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the opposition-backed page and it was said that he made such an announcement in view of the next Lok Sabha elections.

It said that the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru died on May 27, 1964 when ISRO was established on August 15, 1969.

This has been seen by thousands of people and has been shared.

Our investigation found that this claim is false.

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Fact

It has been claimed that Jawaharlal Nehru did not have any role in establishing ISRO. This claim is false.

After the establishment of INCOSPAR (Indian National Committee for Space Research) in 1962, two years before Nehru's death, ISRO was invented in 1969.

Indian National Committee for Space Research was established during the reign of Jawaharlal Nehru and the famous scientist Dr. Vikram Sarabhai also had a special role.

But Jawaharlal Nehru and Dr. Jawaharlal Nehru in establishing a research agency. Sarabhai's contribution is mentioned.

It has been said: "India had decided to move into space when Indian National Committee for Space Research was established by the Government of India in 1962. Under the command of Dr Vikram Sarabhai, INCOSPAR established Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station for the research of the above atmosphere in Thiruvananthapuram. INCOSPAR's space was taken by ISRO and it was established. "

In August 1969, when Indira Gandhi's government was in power at the time of the establishment of ISRO