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Historical Event on 1/8/1906

Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/28/1894Anandibai Prabhakar Jayawant, famous Hindi writer, was born at Baroda.
1/26/1997Mizoram becomes a dry state, the fourth, after Gujarat, AP and Haryana.
1/10/1888Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura.
8/15/1950Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives.
1/28/1925Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born.
9/26/1919Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held.
4/1/1985Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture was established during the 7th Plan period. The Institute started functioning independently since April 1987. The Headquarters of the Institute are located in Chennai with field and farm facilities at Muttukadu and three Research Centres at Kakdwip(West Bengal), Puri(Orissa) and Narakkal (Kerala).
9/12/1627Ibrahim Adilshah died.
3/7/1956A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India.
6/27/1966D. S. Joshi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-12-1968.