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Historical Event on 3/24/1855

First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/3/1988Rajiv Gandhi seals the border between Punjab and Pakistan.
8/7/1988N. T. Ramarao elected chairman and V.P. Singh the convenor of the National Front.
2/10/1990Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died.
3/1/1901Vaidya Jogeshchandra Banerjee was born.
3/10/1998A. B. Vajpayee agrees to form a government with 252 members including the BJP and it's allies.
10/27/1920Kocheril Raman Narayanan was born in the village of Uzhavoor in Kottayam district, Kerala.
5/18/1932Hindu-Muslim riots take place in Bombay. 150 are killed or injured. Jinnah - the permanent president of the Muslim league, began to spread the rumors that Muslim minority was in danger under Hindu majority and actively propagated the theory of two separate nations.
11/18/1991In the by-elections, Congress gets 8 Lok Sabha seats and suffers rout in UP assembly, while BJP gets absolute majority.
1/16/1954Baburao Painter (Baburao Krishnaji Meshri), famous artist, sculptor, filmmaker and producer, died.
7/23/1956India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak.