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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
5/16/1946Gandhiji's Cabinet Mission announces Plan.
1/3/1921First Indian Parliament meets.
6/1/1947Balbhimraj Gore, litterateur and Hindi critic, was born.
8/12/1946Viceroy announces invitation to Congress to form provisional Government.
3/20/1991Simultaneous polls in Tamil Nadu.
12/15/1932Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born.
11/7/1867Madam Marie Sklodowska, great scientist, professor and Nobel Prize awardee, was born in Poland.
6/20/1994Anti-Pakistan slogans rent the air in Jammu & Kashmir against the killing of Quazi Nissar Ahmed, Mirwaiz of South Kashmir and a famous religious Kashmiri leader who was gunned down by Pak-aided terrorists.
12/11/1687Madras' first presidency chartered with a Mayor s court as a Municipal Corporation.
2/15/1945Indian troops capture Pagan at Burma.