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Historical Event on 1/26/1882
Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/26/1874 | Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born. |
| 5/8/1901 | British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population. |
| 8/18/1800 | Fort William College was established at Calcutta. |
| 12/14/1946 | Sanjay Gandhi, youth Congress leader, was born in New Delhi. |
| 4/28/1936 | Abdul Rashid 'Fida' (Kishtwari), great poet, was born. |
| 9/5/1998 | Trishul and Akash test fired from Chandipore. |
| 1/14/1998 | The Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh come together for a three-nation business summit in Dhaka. |
| 8/16/1991 | C. Achuta Menon, former CM of Kerala, passed away. |
| 2/4/1628 | Shahjahan was enthroned and proclaimed emperor at Agra. |
| 12/9/1977 | Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away. |
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