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Historical Event on 12/24/1894

The first medical conference was held in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/31/1865Jagannath Sunkersett, great social worker, educationist and sculptor of modern Mumbai, passed away at the age of 62.
5/26/1948First ever trade agreement with Pakistan.
5/27/1948The trial of nine men accused of assassination of Gandhi before a special court judge at the Red Fort. The trial ended on 30th Dec.
2/21/1829Kittur Rani Channamma, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away.
2/1/1901Six language penel were started on the Rs. five dinomination. These notes were single sided and the back side could be used for accounting purposes. The six languages were Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kaithi, Kannada and Tamil. The paper used for printing was white hand made and moulded.
11/7/1907Murlidhar Shankar Deshpande, journalist and social worker, was born at Kadanachi Girvi Phaltan, Maharashtra.
2/9/1942Chiang Kai-Shek meets Sir Stafford Cripps, British Viceroy in India.
11/9/1942Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died.
10/24/1851First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km.
5/5/1947Gandhiji denies in an interview that communal division of India is inevitable.