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Historical Event on 1/1/1874

The first women magazine ""Bola Bodhini"" was published.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/22/1997India, Turkmenistan and Iran sign transit agreement.
4/29/1909Tukdoji Maharaj, social reformer, modern Saint and poet, was born at Yavli in Amravati district, Maharashtra.
9/26/1793Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist and social worker, was born in Kona village, 24 Parganas (north), West Bengal.
4/16/1853The first Railway Train on Indian sub-continent ran over a streach of 21 miles i.e. 35 kms from Bombay to Thane. In the inauguration ceremony, 14 railway carriages carrying about 400 guests left Bori Bunder (presently C.S.T.) at 3.30 pm, amidst the loud applause of a vast multitude and to the salute of 21 guns.
5/12/1915Rash Behari Bose, revolutionary leader, left India by boarding a Japanese steamer ''Sanuki Maru'' under assumed name of P. N. Tagore to dodge the British forces.
4/14/1989Ranjan Roy, captain of Indian Navy, and his wife Rupali Roy started off in a Maruti car.
1/29/1993Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman.
10/29/1999L .K. Advani, Home Minister, says the Centre is in touch with cyclone-hit states.
5/17/1949India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations.
9/30/1989INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay.