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Historical Event on 10/9/1976

International Dialing Telephone Service started between Mumbai and London.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1839Tea from India first arrives in UK.
10/19/1875The first section from Hathras Road to Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic.
9/20/1886Kuladhor Chaliha, one of the pioneer Congress leaders of Assam, was born at Sibsagar.
10/19/1907Sulochana Modi, first lady Mayor of Mumbai Mahanagar Palika, was born.
9/1/1930Suhasini Ganguly, freedom fighter, was arrested and send to Hijali Jail for her revolutionery activities. She later lived a low profiled life after release from prision.
9/30/1943Ramanand Chattopadhyay, famous author and journalist, died.
12/19/1988Umashankar Joshi, Gyanpeeth awardee and Gujrathi poet, died.
11/10/1698East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time.
6/18/1995The latest deaths in northern India's hottest weather this century bring the death toll to 525 as temperatures hit 113¦F (45¦C) in New Delhi.
10/31/1990Hindus flee Muslim prorsecution in Kashmir Valley.