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Historical Event on 3/24/1987
First developmental launch of new generation rocket ASLV 'Stretched Rohini Satellite Series' (SROSS-1). This carried payload for launch vehicle performance monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy. This plunged within two minutes and 40 seconds of its launching.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/21/1998 | India and Russia sign a $2.5-billion deal to set up a nuclear power station at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu. |
| 4/24/1929 | First non-stop flight from England to India takes-off. |
| 3/30/1993 | S. M. Pandit, famous painter, passed away. |
| 12/25/1969 | India all out for 163 at Madras vs Australia, Ashley Mallett takes 5-91. |
| 10/24/1955 | Ghulam Ahmad Hasan Muhammad Parkar, cricketer (Indian batsman vs England 1982), was born in Kalusta, Maharashtra. |
| 9/24/1992 | Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges. |
| 5/18/1998 | India talks with the US on the nuclear tests. |
| 10/10/1844 | Badruddin Taibjee, lawyer and leader, was born. |
| 1/30/1988 | Sheshrao Wankhede, barrister, passed away. |
| 2/19/1992 | The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab. |
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