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Historical Event on 10/24/1984

First Metro Train (Underground Train) in India started between Esplanade and Bhowanipore in Calcutta city.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1881Subramania Bharati was born at Ettaiyapuram.
8/1/1962Establishment of Maharashtra State Industrial Development Corporation.
1/15/1971Dinanath Damodar Dalal, great artist, passed away.
8/17/1998National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.
9/9/1941Syed Abid Ali, great Indian medium pace-bowler and all-rounder, was born at Hyderabad.
6/6/1997New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being.
4/9/1756Ali Bardi Khan of Bengal passed away in Murshidabad. His youngest daughter's son Siraj-ud-Daulah was crowned as King of Bengal when he was merely 20 years old after the death of King Tartar.
6/3/1915Sir' knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government.
5/29/1953Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.
6/1/1970Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act was enforced. This act was passed in 1969.