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Historical Event on 3/17/1988
First operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A) launched by a Russian Vostok. IRS system under National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) coordinated at national level by the Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the data from IRS satellites is processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US Company, also receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space.

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9/1/1908	Amir Elahi, right-hand batsman and right-arm leg-break bowler, born at Multan in Lahore.
12/22/1999	CPI (M) is against India signing the CTBT.
5/18/1988	The ten-day Golden Temple siege at Amritsar ends with the surrender of 46 militant Sikhs.
8/21/1987	Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992).
2/9/1992	Pakistan bans JKLF march.
12/8/1999	The Opposition attacks Prime Minister Vajpayee for ""withholding'' information on ministers' resignation.
7/6/1992	The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers.
3/29/1999	A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured.
5/15/1999	Militants gun down Abdul Ahad Kar, a senior member of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly belonging to the ruling National Conference, in Kupwara district.
1/12/1924	Gandhiji was operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Pune.

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