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Historical Event on 2/24/1988

Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/16/1934M. Muthuraman, noted Hindi writer and professor, was born at Dindigul in Madurai (Tamil Nadu).
11/9/1710Reynier de Klerk, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, baptized.
9/19/1991Lok Sabha passes unanimously the Places of Worship Special Provisions Bill for maintaining the status quo of religious places as on 1947.
2/27/1990Polls in Pondicherry and eight states.
7/11/1997Ten persons were killed as police opened fire on Dalit mob which attacked vehicles in protest against desecration of Ambedkar bust in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in north-east Mumbai.
1/1/1992Petrol and diesel price hiked in 11 states to make it uniform all over the country.
6/17/1994Twelve opposition legislators in Sikkim resign.
4/13/1993Bhupan Hazarika wins Phalke Award for 1992.
1/18/1925Gajanan Johari, famous Marathi writer, was born.
8/1/1922Ratilal Sankalchand Nayak, educationist and writer, was born at Kadi, Gujarat .