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Historical Event on 7/13/1988

Second developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-2). This carried remote sensing payload of German space agency in addition to Gamma Ray astronomy payload. Could not be placed in orbit.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/20/1969Varahagiri Venkata Giri was elected President and G. S. Pathak as Vice President of India.
3/5/1999The indigenously-built multi-barrel rocket launcher ''Pinaka'' is successfully test-fired at Chandipur-on-sea in Orissa.
2/25/1993BJP rally in New Delhi foiled.
4/8/1973India takes control over Sikkim after anti-government riots.
9/19/1936Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, expert in north Indian classical music, died. He was also a lawyer, professor and social reformer.
4/24/1932450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress.
9/24/1992India's Leander Paes defeats Britain's Jeremy Bates in the Davis Cup tie in New Delhi.
6/24/1990Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'.
12/31/1988Treaty signed between India and Pakistan for not to target nuclear sites of each other.
4/22/1921Subhas Chandra Bose, resigned from Indian Civil Service, and formed South Calcutta Sevak Samiti after returning to India. He was also arrested for carrying our freedom movement.