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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
5/1/1983Amravati University established.
1/12/1948Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji.
12/28/1932Britain says it is to release 28,000 prisoners, including Gandhi.
1/7/1685Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born.
10/21/1995L.K.Advani unanimously re-elected BJP president for the fourth time in New Delhi.
3/2/1997Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.
11/25/1998Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways.
10/31/1876Cyclone hits Bengal centered near Bakarganj (now in Banlgadesh), about 200,000 die.
11/12/1984Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President.
1/19/1982Mizo National Front and allied organizations declared illegal.