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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
1/18/1938The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail.
11/6/2000Buddhadev Bhattacharya assumes office as West Bengal Chief Minister.
10/9/1945British troops occupy Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.
6/24/1996Nanchil K. Manoharan, former DMK Finance Minister, expelled from the party.
3/27/1977N. Sanjeeva Reddy elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
11/9/1942Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died.
2/12/1990Assembly election in Manipur.
10/6/1935Jeevan D. Ghosh, cricket Test umpire from 1978-91, was born in Bengal. He has the distinction of having the longest umpiring career of 32 years in India.
10/6/1935Taimurlang passed away.
11/16/1991Madhukar Karekar, famous journalist, died