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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
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
5/27/1991Justice J.S. Verma of the Supreme Court appointed to probe into Rajiv Gandhi murder case.
5/17/1897Dhirendra Varma, famous linguist, was born.
12/28/1983Gavaskar achieves his 30th century beating Bradman's 29.
2/20/1868Sisir Kumar, Basanta Kumar and Hemanta Kumar, three brothers, first published the 'Amrita Bazar Partika', a weekly issue in Bengali.
8/22/1993Gundu Rao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, died. He was 56.
5/13/1791Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.
3/1/1955Pakistan vs India five Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw.
12/4/1993Bahadur Prasad wins the second gold medal in 5000 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila.
3/21/1997Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.