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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 |
| 2/1/1942 | No.1 Squadron arrived in Burma with its Lysanders, flying tactical recce missions from Toungoo before transferring to Mingaladon with a flight deployed at Lashio. |
| 7/24/1989 | A majority of opposition members in Lok Sabha resign on the issue of C & AG report on Bofors gun deal. |
| 2/2/1930 | Vasudev Govind Apte, editor and dictrionay creator, passed away. |
| 9/14/1967 | US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives. |
| 7/29/1927 | Madhavsingh Solanki, one of the leaders in Gujarat, was born. |
| 3/12/1917 | Googie Withers, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing), was born in Karachi, India. |
| 11/7/1990 | Lawrence Durrell, great Indian English and author (Mount Olive), passed away at the age of 78. |
| 11/14/1964 | Nehru Commemorative coin is released. |
| 2/22/1948 | Jayalalitha, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, was born. |
| 11/25/1987 | India all out for 75 vs West Indies at Delhi. Patterson took 5-24. |
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