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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 |
| 1/3/1995 | PM inaugurates 82nd Indian Science Congress at Jadavpur University, Calcutta. |
| 2/22/1994 | Punjab brought back to international air map after 10 years with the introduction of flights to 8 countries from Amritsar Rajasansi Airport. |
| 9/15/1862 | Gaurishankar Hirachand Oza, famous historian, was born. |
| 9/4/1996 | Narasimha Rao questioned by CBI. |
| 6/26/1991 | Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister. |
| 12/27/1976 | The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone. |
| 12/12/1959 | Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President, came to India. |
| 3/19/1936 | Satydev Dubey, stage artist, was born. |
| 1/3/1987 | Dr. Harekrishna Mehtab, former Chief Minister of Orrisa and Governer of Mumbai State, died. |
| 6/24/1980 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras. |
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