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Historical Event on 4/27/1854
First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/5/1907 | British MP Keir Hardie reported fomenting rebellion in India. |
| 10/13/1978 | Maharashtra branch of Forward Block Party merged in Indira Congress. |
| 4/17/1990 | Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people. |
| 5/16/1998 | India rejects China's charges on N-tests. |
| 5/29/1967 | First blowdown of the 4 ft trisonic tunnel; the tunnel with all auxiliary facilities such as compressor system, electrical sub-station, design office and model fabrication shop is formally set up and commissioned by National Aeronautical Laboratory. |
| 8/1/1970 | Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan. |
| 12/13/2000 | All 12 battalions of the Manipur Rifles Personnel strike from work. |
| 8/10/1992 | Ram Niwas Mirdha appointed Chairman of the JPC on scam. |
| 8/10/1995 | Harishankar Parsai, famous Hindi litterateur, passed away. |
| 12/25/1932 | King George V's chair collapsed during his Christmas dinner speech. |
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