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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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/11/1993 | Toy factory fire kills over 200 people in Bangalore. |
| 9/18/1803 | Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle. |
| 4/8/1919 | Gandhiji arrested on way to Delhi for refusal to comply with order not to enter Punjab; escorted back to Bombay; outbreaks of violence in several towns. |
| 12/17/1959 | Pattabhi Sitaramayya, president of Indian National Congress and politician, died at the age of 78. |
| 7/31/1997 | Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant. |
| 1/21/1922 | Juda Reuben, cricket Test umpire for 10 tests from 1969-77, was born in Mumbai. |
| 6/17/1976 | Montreal Olympics opens. |
| 4/7/1929 | England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India. |
| 11/29/1996 | The Indian Journal of Medical Research brought out special issues, as part of the 85th year celebrations of ICMR, on Nutrition Research (November 1995) and Diarrhoeal Diseases (July, 1996). The ICMR Bulletin also brought out special issues on such topics as Nutrition, Tuberculosis, AIDS, Tribal Health, etc. so as to coincide with the theme selected for a particular month as part of the celebrations. As part of the global theme initiative coordinated by JAMA, USA, the January 1996 issue of the ICMR was devoted to 'Emerging and Re-emerging Infections'. |
| 3/27/1966 | Indira Gandhi meets Johnson in Washington. |
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