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Historical Event on 1/8/1906

Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/24/1993Six of Memon family escape to Karachi.
8/9/1998India moves the World Trade Organisation against the European Union reimposing anti-dumping duties on unbleached cotton gray fabric imports.
1/23/199750,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down.
2/25/1909Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months.
12/22/1975Vasant Krishna Desai, famous music director, died.
3/19/1998Abdul Rauf Seddiopui, Samajwadi Party leader, is shot dead near Jadharpur village in Bareilly district.
11/9/1998India rejects Pakistan's bid to internalise the Sir Creek issue at the bilaternal talks in New Delhi.
1/31/1985Under the 52nd Constitutional Amendment, Anti-Defector Bill was passed unanimously in Lok Sabha. This avoided the Representatives of People to switch over political parties.
7/12/1823First Indian Steam Engine Ship ""Diana-a-Gunboat""sailed in a sea near Calcutta. It was built by Kyd & Co.
8/16/1901Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born.