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Historical Event on 1/23/1909

New direct 7,000-mile telegraphic link with India is hailed as a great achievement at London.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/27/1991Justice J.S. Verma of the Supreme Court appointed to probe into Rajiv Gandhi murder case.
6/25/1932India played their first official test match on the ground of Lords against England.
1/3/1978Chandrasekar takes 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win.
7/1/1961Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal.
7/24/1989A majority of opposition members in Lok Sabha resign on the issue of C & AG report on Bofors gun deal.
5/31/1997Fourth National Games opened at Bangalore.
3/1/1930Coimbatarao Doraikannu Gopinath, cricketer (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's), was born in Madras.
11/22/1997Yasser Arafat, President, Palestinian National Authority, laid the foundation stone for Indo-Arab cultural centre at Hyderabad.
7/24/1991Industrial licensing scrapped.
4/1/1889Hindu', English language newspaper changed its perodicity from weekly (20/09/1888) to daily.