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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
10/24/1984First Metro Train (Underground Train) in India started between Esplanade and Bhowanipore in Calcutta city.
1/14/1948First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published.
10/25/1964First indigenous tank was manufactured in Awdi factory and was named 'Vijayant'.
4/1/1882Savings Bank Postal system was introduced.
3/23/1967Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away.
8/15/1997IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran.
2/10/1897Sannidhanam Suryanarayana Sastry, educationist and writer, was born at Chiriwada, (A.P).
11/18/2000Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, said there would be no cuts in Income Tax rates in the next budget, and signalled that the reforms process will continue.
11/19/1924Amarjit Singh, great educationist and scientist, was born at Punjab.
9/25/1985Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections.