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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 |
| 1/29/1997 | Fire engulfs most of the three top floors of the Express Towers, skyrise building owned by Indian Express group in Mumbai. |
| 9/2/1911 | Chamaklal Dahyabhai Vyas, great poet, was born at Gujarat, Vyara. |
| 2/8/1897 | Dr. Zakir Hussain, third President of India and Educationist, was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. |
| 7/31/1992 | Sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar wins the Magsaysay Award. |
| 8/27/1998 | India's cricket sensation Sachin Tendulkar has an audience with the legendary Sir Don Bradman at the latter's 90th birthday celebrations in Adelaide. |
| 3/11/1989 | In Bihar, a 13-member ministry headed by Satyendra Narain Sinha, MP, was sworn in. |
| 12/23/1977 | Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born. |
| 5/8/1997 | India decides to import currency notes for the first time. |
| 8/27/1992 | The President issues two ordinances making it mandatory for new medical and dental colleges to obtain prior approval of the Medical and Dental Councils of India before their establishment. |
| 1/27/1948 | Gandhiji visits Mehrauli Muslim Fair. |
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