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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
12/12/1959Krishnammachari Srikkanth, cricketer (big-hitting Indian opener 1981-92), was born in Madras.
7/3/1948H. M. S. Auchils was taken over by Indian Navy.
5/30/1895Pandurang Sakharam Pisurlekar, great historian in Goa, was born.
10/4/1907Riots in Calcutta.
7/28/1914Japanese boat 'Kamagata Maru' was compelled to deport to India from Vancouver, Canada. The ship was boarded with active freedom fighters who were against the British Government.
10/12/2000A Special Court sentences former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Home Minister Buta Singh to undergo three years rigorous imprisonment and pay a fine of Rs. 2 lakhs each in the 'JMM MPs' bribery case'.
7/31/1933Gandhiji was arrested from Sabarmati Ashram and imprisoned without trial.
12/5/1999India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World.
10/24/1657Kalyan and Bhiwandi came under the rule of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
9/30/1963The USSR openly louded Indian view on Kashmir issue. This was against Pakistan's motives.