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Historical Event on 8/15/1854
The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855.

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5/31/1921	Suresh Hariprasad Joshi, modern Gujarati poet, story writer and critic, was born.
11/11/1973	India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi.
1/12/1996	Supreme Court holds that horse racing is not gambling, but a game of skill.
12/6/1998	13th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok.
12/8/1985	The first summit was held at Dhaka. (7 0r 8).
2/9/1993	Congress (I), AIADMK alliance in Tamil Nadu breaks over Hindi imposition.
10/27/1999	P.M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) re-elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
4/6/1968	Indira Gandhi,PM, inaugurated the construction of Bokaro Steel Plant.
2/2/1978	The Indian National Congress (I) recognized as a national party and allotted the election symbol 'hand' (Palm).
3/2/1997	Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.

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Historical Event on 8/15/1854 The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855.

Historical Event on 8/15/1854
The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855.