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Historical Event on 1/26/1882

Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/23/1992G. S. Dhillon, former speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away.
2/27/1993Rupee made fully convertible in Man Mohan Singh's third successive budget.
3/31/1997The Bombay Stock Exchange crashes by 300 points.
8/7/1991India successfully launches Prithvi-III, surface-to-air missile from Sriharikota.
6/21/1998India and Russia sign a $2.5-billion deal to set up a nuclear power station at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu.
3/1/1908Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India.
3/24/2000Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways.
6/20/1939Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer - pace bowler for India in the 60s, was born in Bombay
3/29/1954Indian Institute of Public Administration inaugurated.
5/18/1992President R. Venkataraman reaches Beijing.