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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 |
| 6/7/1989 | Sheetal Pandya set up a world record at the age of 5 years. |
| 3/28/1984 | Bhausaheb Ranade, famous freedom fighter, passed away. |
| 10/31/1999 | Efforts to restore rail and telecom links on a war footing. |
| 5/30/1977 | Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons. |
| 5/18/1775 | Warren Hastings expressed doubt of hanging Nandkumar. |
| 2/10/1806 | Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Kainakary , Kerala. |
| 9/30/1943 | Ramanand Chattopadhyay, famous author and journalist, died. |
| 2/19/1895 | Munshi Newal Kishore, great social worker, educationist, nationalist, philanthropist and a pioneer industrialist, passed away at the age of 59. |
| 7/6/1995 | Five foreign tourists trekking in Kashmir 10 km uphill from Pahalgam were abducted by militants. |
| 1/3/1871 | Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died. |
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