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Historical Event on 5/7/1907
The First Electric Tramway service commenced in Bombay (Mumbai). This service was inaugurated by Municipality Chairman Vallabhdas Thakersey and Municipal Commissioner Sheppard at 5.30 p.m. This tram was well decorated and destined from Municipal Office upto Crawford Market.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/8/1915 | P.C.Kuttikrishnan 'Urub', Malyalam story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 9/15/1861 | Dr. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, famous architect, engineer and a diplomat, also a Bharat Ratna awardee, was born at Chickballapur in Mysore (Karnataka) in a poor Brahmin family. |
| 12/20/1948 | Ladha Ramji, brother of Amar Singh and played his only Test vs Eng in 1933-34, died at Rajkot. |
| 4/19/1996 | AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989. |
| 1/3/1987 | Dr. Harekrishna Mehtab, former Chief Minister of Orrisa and Governer of Mumbai State, died. |
| 6/16/1990 | GOI announces higher procurement/minimum support prices for all major kharif crops. |
| 3/15/1983 | Karnataka beat Bombay in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy. |
| 3/15/1983 | Mughal army defeated Rana Pratapsingh in the battle of Haldighat. |
| 12/24/2000 | The Government re-instates Dr. R.S.Paroda as the Director-General of the ICAR. |
| 7/11/1957 | Aga Sultan Sir Muhammad (1877-1957), Aga Khan III, spritual leader of Ismaeli Muhammedans, passed away. He worked for Britian in the WW I & II. Aga Khan was extremly rich, he once had himself weighed against a sack of diamonds belonging to him. He was also one among those who formed the Muslim League. |
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