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Historical Event on 3/24/1968
The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/19/1977 | Cyclone hits Andhra Pradesh causing flooding and tidal waves and killing 10,000. |
| 8/2/1922 | Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born. |
| 10/15/1977 | The Congress party denies bid by Indira Gandhi to regain leadership. |
| 10/18/1980 | The first Himalayan Car Rally of 5,377.9 km was started from Brabourne Stadium, Bombay with 74 starters. |
| 8/11/1893 | First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra. |
| 1/21/1993 | Chander Pal at Bangalore sets record for High Jump in 2.17. |
| 9/30/1687 | Aurangzeb acquired the famous Golconda fort near Hyderabad from the Qutub Shahi Sultan Tana Shah due to the treachery of his General Panni. |
| 10/23/1883 | Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat. |
| 8/15/1949 | Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages. |
| 2/22/1996 | Madanlal Khurana, Delhi CM, resigns (Hawala scandal). |
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