Pandit Nehru established the Atomic Energy Commission. Explain with reasons.
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The Atomic Energy Commission of India owes its establishment to its first chairman Homi J Bhabha and the then Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
It was Pandit Nehru’s confidence in Bhabha, which led him to make India self-reliant in nuclear power.
Atomic Energy Commission of India was set up in the department of Atomic Energy by a special resolution which was passed by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on 1st March, 1958.
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I. Indias first prime minister pandit jawaharlal nehru wanted to nurture a scientific temper and bring about the nations progress from this perspective he set up the Indian atomic energy commission on 10 th August 1948. Dr. Homi bhabha was appointed as first chairman of commission. The objective of the commission was to produce electricity from atomic energy