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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 |
| 6/6/1982 | Devraj Ars, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away. |
| 5/19/1979 | Pandit Hajari Prasad Dwivedi passed away. |
| 5/1/1946 | Joanna Lumley, actress (Abs Fab, OHM's Secret Service), was born in Kashmir, India. |
| 4/1/1957 | Postage stamps and sale of postal stationary was introduced as per decimal coinage system and Rupee was established to Hundred Naya Paisa. |
| 6/13/1757 | Clive marched to Murshidabad against Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah along with the force comprising of 1800 British and 2000 Indian soldiers with eight canons. |
| 9/30/1972 | Pakistani troops shell into the Indian zone of Kashmir. |
| 10/6/1969 | Bruna Coutinho, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Calangute, Goa. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1996. |
| 2/25/1987 | The Railway Minister announces introduction of 8 superfast trains from April 1. |
| 11/27/1994 | Shyam Vyas, veteran Hindi story writer, passed away. |
| 1/2/1899 | Monks started living in Belur Math. |
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