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Historical Event on 8/15/1854
The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/3/1977 | Hamid Dalwai, father of Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal in Maharashtra, passed away. |
| 2/28/1859 | Surbhi, farmer lady of Dholi Bavli, Central India, who was arrested for helping her son Bheema Nayak in the freedom movement and was jailed in Mahamandaleshwar jail, passed away. |
| 9/10/1918 | Muslim riots break out in Calcutta. |
| 1/8/1992 | D. P. Sahastrabuddhe 'Anand', editor of monthly magzine, passed away. |
| 11/10/1990 | Chandra Shekhar Singh sworn in as 8th Prime Minister of India. He remained in this office till June 21, 1991 Devilal was sworn in as the Dy. Prime Minister. |
| 1/27/1888 | Jinvijayji Muni, famous Shwetambar Jain Yati, was born. |
| 10/22/2000 | The Supreme Court, in a significant order, erases Karnataka High Court judgement discharging former Chief Minister S. Bangarappa and his then private secretary R. Suribabu in a corruption case. |
| 5/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
| 7/21/1962 | Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons. |
| 10/3/1991 | Ganpatrao Tapase, former Governor of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, died. |
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