1897 CE · event
The world's first Fingerprint Bureau opens in Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, after the Council…
The world's first Fingerprint Bureau opens in Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, after the Council of the Governor General approves a committee report that fingerprints should be used for classification of criminal records.
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