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Historical Event on 1/8/1906
Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/25/1981 | Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress. |
| 9/1/1977 | M. L. Wadhawan was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-09-1979. |
| 12/12/1961 | Portuguese civilians are evacuated amid fears of an Indian troop invasion at Goa, Daman and Diu. |
| 2/19/1812 | Congregational missionaries Adoniram Judson, 23, and his wife Ann, 22, first sailed from New England to Calcutta. (Judson eventually concentrated his labors in Burma). |
| 5/13/1994 | Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament. |
| 12/12/1958 | Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies vs West Indies at Kanpur. |
| 12/19/2000 | The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case. |
| 5/29/1982 | Naval Academy at Ezhimala, Kerala, was approved by Union Cabinet. |
| 8/16/1991 | C. Achuta Menon, former CM of Kerala, passed away. |
| 6/20/1873 | Young Men Christian Association of India was established in Calcutta. |
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