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Historical Event on 1/26/1882
Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/24/1951 | Nehru assails US. demand for UN to name Peking as aggressor in Korea, New Delhi. |
| 4/8/1857 | Mangal Pandey, the first revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, was hanged till death at Barrackpore. He struck the first bullet during the time of mutiny against the British Empire. |
| 7/3/1745 | Ranoji Shinde died. |
| 5/8/1971 | Mohinder Singh Gill at Fresno sets record for TJ in 16.79. |
| 3/8/2000 | The Gujarat Government withdraws its January 3 notification, thus reimposing the ban on its employees from participating in RSS activities. |
| 5/9/1992 | Killer brew claims 175 lives in Orissa, Excise Minister Prasanna Kumar Acharya resigns. |
| 1/6/1832 | Publication of 'Darpan' magazine started. |
| 8/30/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised. |
| 1/26/1950 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) became the first President of India. He remained President from Jan. 26,1950 to May 13, 1962. |
| 3/31/1993 | J.N. Dixit, Foreign Secretary, visits Myanmar and signs agreements on trade, control of drug trafficking and separatist movements along the borders. |
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