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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 |
| 5/9/1998 | Kirit Raval is appointed Solicitor-General of India. |
| 3/1/1994 | Manmohan Desai, famous Hindi film maker, passed away. He was 57. |
| 4/22/1930 | Revolutionary Surjya Sen's many associates were killed and Surjya Sen ""Masterda"" himself went underground, on Jalalabad Hill and started extending his activities to neighbouring districts. |
| 5/3/1764 | Mir Kasim, with the backing of Delhi Emperor, attacked on Patna but this weak Emperor was defeated by Britishers. Britishers became the rulers of Bengal, the richest province of India. |
| 1/1/1989 | Dinkar Sakrikar, editor of monthly magzine 'Purva' and socialist, passed away. |
| 4/4/1951 | West Germany establishes full diplomatic relations with India. |
| 1/1/1910 | Rajnath Pandey, great writer and educationist, was born in Pindra, Varanasi (U.P.). |
| 2/11/1861 | Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanyan village of Bengal. |
| 2/3/1990 | Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was finally arrested in Chakradharpur forest. |
| 2/23/1997 | Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India. |
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