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Historical Event on 2/1/1855
East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/23/1993 | Motilal Vohra made governor of UP. |
| 4/20/1971 | Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London. |
| 5/25/1611 | Emperor Jahangir married Meherunnisa, widow of Sher Afghan. She recieved the title Noor Jahan. |
| 2/11/1993 | Centre bans BJP rally in the capital on February 25. |
| 3/5/1995 | Jalal Aga, famous comedian and character artist, passed away. |
| 1/18/1978 | Shri Bhim Sen Sachar, freedom fighter, leader and Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away. |
| 4/2/1996 | Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) party registered and recognised. |
| 6/20/1972 | Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey, great Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996), was born in Bombay. |
| 2/17/1670 | Shivaji won SinghGarh Fort from Mughals. This victory was on the shoulders of Tanaji who was martyred in this attack. Shivaji proclaimed ""Garh Aalaa Pan Singh Gela"" which means that Fort was won but the Lion was lost. |
| 1/26/1957 | Shivlal Nandlal Yadav, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 102 Test wickets 1979-87), was born in Hyderabad. |
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