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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
5/15/1873The proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed in England.
5/13/1791Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.
2/1/1931Gandhi chiefs order campaign of civil disobedience to continue.
3/3/1919Hari Narayan Apte, famous Marathi novelist, passed away.
9/8/1965Pakistan commenced its drive into the Indian Punjab using its 1-armoured division with the aim to foreclose India's options north of the Beas-Sutlej river line, after foiling the southern most divisional attack mounted by 4-Mountain Division.
3/29/1943Shaheed Laxman Nayak, freedom fighter and leader, was hanged at Berhampur Jail.
12/12/1930Babu Genu sacrificed his life to stage the boycott of foreign goods.
10/16/1994IRS P-2 successfully placed in orbit.
5/22/1963Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur.
6/16/1934M. Muthuraman, noted Hindi writer and professor, was born at Dindigul in Madurai (Tamil Nadu).