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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
9/11/1991V. S. Narayan, 'Janmabhumi' Newspaper Group chief, died.
7/24/1999Om Prakash Chautala is sworn in the Chief Minister of Haryana, and will seek trust vote on July 27.
12/23/1902Chaudhary Charan Singh was born at Noopur village in Hapur Tehsil near Meerut. He was a freedom fighter and had done many deeds for upliftment of Agriculture in India. He was the Prime Minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980.
5/16/1960International Telex Service between India and U.K. started.
5/21/1996General Election (11th) of India ended.
11/27/1984Percy Norris, British Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay, assassinated in Bombay.
4/7/1993Narsimha Rao,PM, arrives in Bangkok on a three-day visit to Thailand.
1/10/199627th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi.
6/22/198219 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay.
8/15/1982Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.