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  1. The first telegraph line between Calcutta and harbour was opened for traffic in 1851.
  2. The first Indian postal stamp was issued in 1852 in Karachi.
  3. The first train in India steamed off from Bombay to thane a stretch of 34 km in 1853.
  4. The Indian postal department was set up in 1854 when nearly 700 postal offices were there.
  5. The first electric train started in 1907 form, Bombay.
  6. The first public sector fertilizer factory established Sindri(Jharkhand) in 1951.
  7. In 1974 may 18 India conducted first nuclear explosion at Pokhran.
  8. Aryabhata, the first Indian satellite was launched on April 19, 1975, from USSR into space.
  9. India launched its first satellite using slv on 3rd Sep 1980.
  10. Bachendripal, the first Indian women to scalee Mount Everest in 1984.

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