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Historical Event on 3/24/1855
First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/7/1647 | Guru Dadaji Konddev, master of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died. |
| 2/26/1901 | The notes of Rs twenty denomination were issued with two issuing circles. These notes had four numeric denominations. |
| 4/18/1971 | Gavaskar makes 220 in second innings vs West Indies after 124 in first. |
| 9/7/1947 | Gandhiji leaves Calcutta for Delhi; commences daily visits to riot-affected areas. |
| 11/21/1991 | R. Nagarajan, former Tamil Nadu Home Secretary, arrested for harbouring LTTE militants. |
| 2/3/1984 | Ravindra Mhatre, great Indian diplomat who was kidnapped in England, was murdered. |
| 10/2/1904 | Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India (1964-66), was born in Mughalsarai near Benaras in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 4/14/1914 | Takli Shivshankar, famous Malyalam novelist and short story writer, was born. |
| 7/1/1991 | Rupee devalued by 8.5\%. |
| 5/13/1991 | P. Sudhir Kumar released in exchange for a few Naxals in jail. |
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