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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 |
| 12/28/1952 | Arun Jaitley, son of Maharaj Kishan Jaitley, was born in New Delhi. |
| 2/8/1936 | Jawaharlal Nehru elected president of Indian National Congress. |
| 4/18/1904 | Ramnath Goenka, president and founder of Indian Express Group, was born. |
| 7/25/1955 | Indian Government declared in Lok Sabha that Portuguese's were asked to close their offices in New Delhi. |
| 2/28/1900 | Kondedera Madappa Kariappa, first General of independent India, was born. |
| 6/3/1972 | First British designed Indian built mordern warship of the Leander class, 'INS Nilgiri' commissioned Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was completely made in Mazgaon Dock, Mumbai. |
| 7/19/1952 | India all out 82 in 2nd innings after making 52 runs earlier in the day. |
| 11/20/1917 | Ram Gopal, great Indies /English classical dancer (Blue Peter, Purple Plain), was born. |
| 9/21/1994 | Ramkrishna Bajaj, freedom fighter and veteran industrialist, passed away. |
| 2/16/1986 | The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails. |
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