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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
6/9/1998Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days.
11/25/1948National Cadet Corps was first established.
8/8/1946India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles.
12/10/1857Veer Narayan Singh organised a small group and had an encounter with British army. He was charged treason and sentenced to death. He was executed publicly.
12/10/1857Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India.
1/20/1817Ram Mohun Roy started Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. This college was later renamed as the Presidency College.
10/11/1991Resident Editor of Nagpur Times Ramnarayan Dube assassinated.
4/23/1928Narasimha Murtey, educationist, was born at Nandur, A.P.
3/3/1996Haryana govt. bans liquor vends and bars in rural areas.
2/28/2000The Supreme Court orders notice to the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, on a special leave petition filed by the State Government against the Madras High Court judgment upholding the trial court's order discharging her in the ""coal import case"".