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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.

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7/31/1993	Transport operators begin nation-wide strike.
10/2/1986	Rajiv Gandhi survives assassination attempt made by Sikh extremists at Raj Ghat.
4/6/1980	Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.
2/18/1992	Sikh extremists murder 17 people in Punjab.
4/10/1931	Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, who worked in the region of Sahkar and Education, was born.
11/7/1990	Lawrence Durrell, great Indian English and author (Mount Olive), passed away at the age of 78.
8/5/1978	Five died and 70 were injured as upper-caste Hindus clashed with untouchables in Maharashtra.
10/19/1983	Union Government takes over the management of 13 textile undertakings in Bombay; marathon strike in cotton textile industry ends.
2/24/1950	G.J.M.Gazdar, computational linguist, was born.
11/10/1960	B. N. Jha was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-03-1961

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