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Historical Event on 2/1/1855
East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/6/1927 | Prabhjot Kaur, great poet and author, was born at Langrayal (Pakistan). |
| 5/9/1992 | M. J. Pherwani, National Housing Bank Chairman, resigns following his bank's involvement in the Security scandal. |
| 12/17/1990 | N. Janardhan Reddy sworn in as CM of Andhra Pradesh. |
| 9/10/1924 | K.T. Gopalkrishnan, famous Hindi writer, was born at Azhicode. |
| 9/26/1979 | Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal. |
| 9/27/1989 | Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died. |
| 5/8/1963 | Centenary of Indian Red Cross was celebrated. Today is birthday of its founder. |
| 4/15/1883 | Narhar Raghunath Phatak, famous journalist and historian, was born. |
| 3/3/1859 | A length of 119 miles of line was laid in the North from Allahabad to Kanpur. |
| 2/2/1977 | Jagjivan Ram, Cabinet member of 30 years, resigns to protest emergency rule causing minor split in Congress party. |
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