The Story of Electricity in the City of Calcutta First demonstration of lighting The first demonstration of electric light in Calcutta was conducted on 24 July, 1879 by P W Fleury & Co. This was followed by another demonstration by Dey Sil & Co. On 30 June, 1881, 36 electric lights lit up the Mackinnon & Mackenzie Company's Garden Reach Cotton Mills. [snip] http://www.cesc.co.in/aboutus/history/main.php ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India