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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 |
| 1/17/1933 | Aga Khan, religious leader (Muslims), was born. |
| 1/25/1948 | French India Peoples' Convention, Pondicherry, passed a resolution for complete merger of the French India with the Dominion of India. - G. V. Mavlankar was elected the first Speaker of the Indian Parliament. |
| 12/10/1998 | Dr. Gurudev S. Khush, rice breeder at the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, and Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, wheat breeder at the International Wheat and Maize Improvement Centre, Mexico, share the Rank Prize announced in London. |
| 12/28/1921 | Prince of Wales inagurated Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta. |
| 10/18/1952 | Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wickets to win first Indo-Pak clash. |
| 8/9/1970 | Trailokyanath Chakravarty died in Delhi. |
| 3/5/1995 | Jalal Aga, famous comedian and character artist, passed away. |
| 9/27/1974 | Pankaj Dharmani, Indian ODI batsman (1997), was born. |
| 2/25/1992 | Beant Singh sworn in as CM of Punjab. |
| 1/23/1976 | Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation. |
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