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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
2/15/1997Conference of Inter-Parliamentary Union in New Delhi.
12/15/1951Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched.
3/9/1997Mumbai takes Wills Trophy in Mohali.
7/17/1979Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.
12/1/1989Dr. Chenna Reddi (Congress-I) becomes CM of Andhra Pradesh.
2/2/1989France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta.
5/10/1981The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay).
10/18/1928Roshan Harshadlal "Deepak" Shodhan, cricketer (century on Test debut for India), was born in Ahmedabad.
3/3/1990JD-BJP coalition government in Gujarat, Chimanbhai Patel to become CM; Sharad Pawar in Maharashtra and Bhairon Singh Shekhewat of BJP to head the BJP-JD coalition government in Rajasthan.
4/2/1902Gulam Ali Khan Ustad Bade was born.