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Historical Event on 5/9/1874
First horse-drawn tram car started running in Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/9/1999 | Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta. |
| 9/18/1992 | Andhra government's order of setting up 12 private medical colleges quashed by a full bench of the High Court. |
| 5/20/1940 | Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), passed away. |
| 10/21/1999 | Madhavrao Scindia becomes the Deputy Leader of Congress (I) in the Lok Sabha. |
| 9/7/2000 | The Election Commission de-recognises the Lok Shakti, headed by former Union Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, as a state party on the basis of its performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 1999. |
| 12/31/1923 | Vishnu Dayal Jhunjhunwala, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur. |
| 7/18/1980 | Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit. |
| 8/1/1920 | Bipin Chandra Pal opposed to the Non Co-operation Movement and retired from politics, but movement was approved by Congress. |
| 2/25/1923 | S. Kumaran, political, social reformer and Trade Union worker, was born in Alleppey, Kerala. |
| 7/4/1989 | Capt. W. A. Sangma appointed Governor of Mizoram and A. A. Rahim Governor of Meghalaya. |
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