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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
10/13/1989Panchayati Raj and Nagarpalika Bills defeated in Rajya Sabha.
3/1/2000P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
7/25/1970Pillai A. Thanu, former Chief Minister of Kerala, passed away.
6/26/1997India declares its chemical weapon stockpiles and storage facilities as part of its obligations as signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
12/1/199217 ministers of the BJP government in Rajasthan quit for the 'Karseva' at Ayodhya.
11/22/1899Shaheed Laxman Nayak, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Tentuliguma village, Koraput district.
11/27/1972Bhutto reports the release of 616 Indian prisoners captured in the Indian-Pakistani dispute at Pakistan.
11/25/1999Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is appointed Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India.
12/26/1989India debars Bofors from future contracts until they come out clean.