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Historical Event on 8/15/1854
The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855.

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8/9/1952	New Delhi reports that 20 mil. Indian peasants were imperiled by crop failures.
6/22/1897	The Chafekar brothers, Damodar and Balkrishna, shot British Officer Rand in Pune. This event played a very important role in the revolutionary freedom fighter.
3/12/1992	Centenary celebrations held at Kasturba Hospital for Infections diseases. (CIVIC).
12/19/1999	The President and the Prime Minister express shock over the bid to assassinate the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga.
4/20/1887	Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born.
2/27/1996	Manmohan Singh presents the vote-on-account as part of the interim budget in Lok Sabha for 1996-97 with a Rs. 5000 crore deficit.
1/29/1983	Piloo Mody, veteran Parliament member and senior leader of Janata Party, passed away.
9/27/1999	Harshad Mehta and three others are convicted for misappropriating surplus funds of the Maruti Udyog Ltd.
3/16/1939	Subroto Mukherjee became the first Indian Officer to command a squadron when he took over No.1.
10/21/1906	Gandhiji went to England till Nov 30 on deputation to present Indians' case to Colonial Secretary.

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Historical Event on 8/15/1854 The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855.

Historical Event on 8/15/1854
The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855.