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Historical Event on 3/17/1988
First operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A) launched by a Russian Vostok. IRS system under National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) coordinated at national level by the Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the data from IRS satellites is processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US Company, also receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/25/1929 | Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born. |
| 9/2/1976 | Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, famous marathi story writer, novelist and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away. |
| 4/4/1996 | Supreme Court rules that political parties without audited accounts cannot take advantage of an election law that exempts tax expenditure on candidates. |
| 10/14/1991 | Prasannakumar Abhyankar, senior journalist, died. |
| 1/3/1978 | Chandrasekar takes 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win. |
| 1/1/1862 | Indian Penal Code and code of Criminal Procedure passed on October 6, 1860 came into force. |
| 9/16/1955 | Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81. |
| 11/16/1983 | Kapil Dev took 9-83 vs West Indies at Ahmedabad. India still lost the game. |
| 10/20/1991 | Manohar Phalke, famous union leader and MLA, died. |
| 8/16/1932 | Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation. |
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