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Historical Event on 2/24/1988

Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1839Medical College Hospital in Calcutta having only 20 beds was opened for male patients .
8/20/1997Premananda, self-styled godman, sentenced by Pudukottai district and sessions court to life imprisonment for two terms and a fine of Rs. 66.4 lakhs for rape of 13 inmates of his ashram and murder of a male inmate.
5/12/1998Yeltsin feels let down by the Indian nuclear tests but says that Indo-Russian ties will not be hit.
7/2/1992Six new ministers inducted into the Union Cabinet.
9/20/1996Arunachal Chief Minister Apang resigns and forms new party Arunachal Congress.
3/21/2000The 10,000 bond scheme for short-term visitors to the UK will not be applied to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, said British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Keith Vaz.
9/7/1931Meena Mangeshkar, famous playback singer, was born.
8/5/1905Subhadrakumari Chauvhan, famous Hindi poet, was born.
10/16/1999Indian women claimed bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang
3/26/1931New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies.