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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 |
| 5/12/1993 | Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away. |
| 8/30/1645 | Indians and Dutch sign the peace treaty. |
| 4/4/1987 | Agney, famous Hindi litterateur and Gyanpeeth Award winning poet, passed away. |
| 8/20/1921 | The Mopla revolt, one of the important uprisings of India, was started at Kerala. |
| 12/28/1907 | Vitthal Narayan Kothiwale, great author, was born at Garoth (Malva). |
| 11/8/2000 | India wins the men's team title in the World Carrom championship in New Delhi. |
| 2/1/1986 | Pope John Paul II arrives in New Delhi for a 10-day visit. |
| 10/15/1972 | Nirmalkumar Bose, great Indian human scientist, died. |
| 8/17/1998 | The Government issues a notification banning the use of quinacrine, a controversial female contraceptive and sterilization agent. |
| 2/2/1989 | France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta. |
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