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Historical Event on 1/26/1876
Railway route started between Mumbai and Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/27/1988 | The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first flight was from Port Blair to Havelock Island and its inaugurated by the Governer of Andaman and Nicobar Island. |
| 11/1/1956 | Indian Government re-organizes the states according to linguistic principles and inaugurates second Five-Year Plan. The states declared were Madhya Pradesh, Punjab by merging Patiala & PEPSU, Mumbai was divided in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Union Territories namely Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were approved. |
| 5/28/1950 | Bhagwaticharan, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 8/30/1983 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle. |
| 7/7/1917 | Ram Subhagsingh, great politician and former Rail Minister, was born. |
| 5/6/1944 | Mahatma Gandhi was released unconditionally from his last imprisonment from Aga Khan Palace at Pune. |
| 3/10/1904 | Raghunath Gopal Kokaje, great Hindi writer, was born at Bhoka, district Ratnagiri. |
| 8/6/1998 | SriKrishna Commission report was tabled by the Maharashtra government. It was rejected by the ruling alliance whom it heavily indicted. |
| 8/6/1998 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Count of Vidigueira, met the Jamerin of Calicut after arriving in India three days ago at Malabar Coast. He was joined by an experienced Gujarati pilot at Malindi. He was the 6th Governor and 2nd Viceroy of India. |
| 6/10/1908 | Mary Clubwala Jadhav, politician and social worker, was born. |
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