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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
6/4/1903	Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban.
9/9/1991	Gold ornaments pledged by the Goans to the Portugese bank returned to owners.
1/10/1996	Centre sets up Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission.
5/25/1996	DMK-led coalition ministry headed by R.V. Janakiraman sworn in Pondicherry.
2/26/1937	Manmohan Desai, film producer and director, was born.
4/15/1956	A combined army and police action against well armed Naga rebels.
10/21/1950	China invades Tibet.
12/3/1992	Indian, UN Operations in Mozambique begins (ONUMOZ - Dec 92 to Oct 94)
3/1/1961	The first AN-12B arrived in India. This was added in the force because of the increasing frequency of clashes with Chinese forces on the Sino-lndian Himalayan border and the need that these revealed for yet further increase in airlift capability, together with a requirement for medium helicopters suitable for high-altitude operation, orders were placed in the Soviet Union for eight Antonov An- 12B and 24IL-yushin 11- 14 transport aircraft plus 10 Mi-4 helicopters.
7/19/1938	Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, great Indian space scientist and mathematician, was born at Kolhapur, Maharashtra.

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