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Historical Event on 7/1/1856
In south, the first line was opened by the Madras Railway Company. It ran between Veyasarpandy and Walajah Road (Arcot), a distance of 63 miles.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/31/1946 | Jinnah threatens sanctions of ""Direct Action"". |
| 7/20/1998 | Mr. Jaswant Singh, Prime Minister's special envoy, and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discuss nuclear non-proliferation and security-related issues in New Delhi. |
| 6/24/1980 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras. |
| 3/24/1855 | First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km. |
| 5/31/1921 | Suresh Hariprasad Joshi, modern Gujarati poet, story writer and critic, was born. |
| 6/22/1982 | 19 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay. |
| 7/7/1910 | 'Bharat History Research Mandal' was established. |
| 1/12/1869 | Dr. Bhagavan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, was born at Varanasi. |
| 1/20/1992 | Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup. |
| 9/14/1820 | Agri-Horticultural Garden of Calcutta started functioning. |
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