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Historical Event on 1/26/1876

Railway route started between Mumbai and Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1784Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution.
8/7/1871Abanindranath Tagore, great modern artist and painter, was born at Jorasanko in Calcutta.
4/18/1971Air India's first Jumbo Jet Plane passenger Boeing 747 named 'Emperor Samrat Ashok' was landed on Santacruz Airport at Bombay.
7/7/1901J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta.
12/8/1911Gaandhiji invites Gokhale to South Africa.
8/30/1908Ganpatrao Tapase, senior freedom fighter and former Governor of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, was born.
6/15/1991General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won.
10/28/1996Press Council of India to set up a 5-member committee headed by Chairman P.B. Sawant to inquire into the attack on journalists outside the New Delhi residence of Kanshi Ram.
6/11/1932Minu Modi, famous industrialist, was born.
9/18/1803Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle.