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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 |
| 2/24/1988 | Origin of Fasli Era (India). |
| 2/5/1992 | Ajit Singh elected 'real J.D.' President. |
| 10/1/1991 | India takes over the presidency of Security Council with Ambassador G.R. Gharekhan in the chair. |
| 7/16/1931 | C. T. Studd, 69, died. He was an English missionary, one of the 'Cambridge Seven,' who worked on the mission field in China, India and Central Africa. |
| 7/14/1928 | Bedabrata Barua, educationist, social reformer and politician, was born. |
| 8/7/1887 | Kasturi Shriniwas Iyengar, politician and journalist, was born. |
| 8/9/1970 | Trailokyanath Chakravarty died in Delhi. |
| 11/22/1915 | Mohandas Gandhi returns to India. |
| 2/12/1928 | Lalit Mohan Sharma, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born. |
| 5/27/1999 | Sharad Pawar, Tariq Anwar and P.A. Sangma launch the Nationalist Congress Party. |
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