🇮🇳It was on January 24th, 1950 that India officially adopted the Hindi version of the song Jana-Gana-Mana, originally written in Bangla by Rabindranath Tagore, as its National Anthem.

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🚂98 years ago, on this day, India saw its first electric train run on tracks between Bombay Victoria Terminus & Kurla Harbour

🚂The 4-coach train was flagged off by the then Governor of Bombay & was powered by Tata group of Hydro-Electric Co


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✅️ Founded by Pt. Jugal Kishore Shukla, #UdantMartand started its publication journey from Kolkata on this day in 1826.

✅️Translated in English as 'The Rising Sun', the newspaper was published weekly & used a mix of Khari Boli & Braj Bhasha dialects of #Hindi.

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#Dadabhai Naoroji was an Indian social political leader & one of the founders of the INC.

#DidYouKnow? He became the first Indian & Asian to be elected to membership in the British Parliament on this day in 1892.

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