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Historical Event on 5/9/1874
First horse-drawn tram car started running in Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/15/1991 | Import curbs on capital goods relaxed. |
| 7/29/1995 | Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born. |
| 6/9/1923 | K. Alagirisami, famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born. |
| 12/25/1936 | Ismail Merchant, producer (Householder), was born in Bombay, India. |
| 5/12/1998 | Bill Clinton, US President, asks India to sign the CTBT. |
| 6/24/1908 | Gopinath, famous Kathakali dancer, was born. |
| 8/15/1947 | At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect. |
| 12/1/1991 | Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara. |
| 4/20/1992 | U. K. Kanitkar, famous scientist, and professor, passed away. |
| 3/7/1999 | 22 persons are killed and six injured when an AN-32 transport aircraft of the IAF crashes at Pappankulam near Indira Gandhi International Airport in south-west Delhi. |
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