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Historical Event on 3/24/1968

The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/24/1991Industrial licensing scrapped.
9/25/1990Prafull Chandra Sen, former Chief Minister of West Bengal and Gandhian leader, died in Calcutta. He was 94 years old.
3/17/1882Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern Marathi language, passed away.
10/16/1978Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad.
4/20/1887Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born.
8/13/1795Ahilyabai Holkar passed away at the age of 70.
4/11/1930Pandit Motilal Nehru renamed 'Anand Bhuvan' as 'Swaraj Bhawan' and handed it over to the people.
4/14/1988Ashok Kumar, actor, recieved the Dada Saheb Phalke Award.
4/22/1996Hiteshwar Saikia, chief minister of Assam (1991-96), passed away at the age of 62 years, and Dr. Bhumidhar Barman became new CM.
7/25/1977Neelam Sanjiva Reddy became the sixth President of India. His held this office till July 25, 1982.