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Historical Event on 10/24/1851
First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/29/1957 | 8,000 ton cruiser INS Mysore commissioned. |
| 1/29/1948 | Angry refugees ask Gandhiji to retire to the Himalayas. |
| 3/23/1947 | Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India. |
| 1/9/1995 | Manipur Assembly removes Dr.H. Borobabu (Speaker) and suspends his membership until state election. |
| 11/9/1999 | Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour. |
| 4/3/1994 | Bhanu Prakash Singh,Goa Governor, resigns. |
| 10/23/1997 | I.K. Gujral, PM, leaves for Edinburgh to attend Commonwealth Heads of Govt. Meeting. |
| 11/29/1952 | First international organization for birth control founded in Bombay. |
| 12/27/1911 | Jana Gana Mana.... ,' India ' s National Anthem, was first sung at the Indian National Congress session held at Calcutta. |
| 9/25/1990 | L. K. Advani, BJP President, starts his Somnath Temple, Ayodhya Rath Yathra. |
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