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Historical Event on 1/26/1882

Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/29/1725Robert Clive, one of the founders of British empire in India and diplomat, was born.
1/4/1966ndo-Pak Summit, the peace talk between Pakistan and Indian leaders, started at Tashkent. The prominent personalities were Lal Bahadur Shastri and Gen. Ayub Khan.
5/26/1999IRS-P4(OCEANSAT) with an Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR) and two small satellites (KITSAT of Korea and TUBSAT of Germany) launched by PSLV-C2.
8/1/1953Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas.
1/7/1685Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born.
4/26/1991Syed Shahabuddin filed nominations for two seats as a candidate of two different parties within 24 hours.
10/22/1933Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, leader, politician, President of the Central Assembly, lawyer and member of parliament, died in Geneva.
6/30/1966Judge K. Subba Rao became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 11/04/1967.
7/18/1909Vishnu Dey, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Bengali poet, was born.
3/6/1995Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died.