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Historical Event on 5/9/1874

First horse-drawn tram car started running in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1956Companies Act of 1913 was revised and Indian Companies Act of 1956 came into force.
6/16/1946Cabinet Mission negotiations were discontinued. Viceroy proposed Interim Government.
5/5/1906Ursula Jeans, actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon), was born in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
1/16/1924In a tragic ship wreck, Kumaran Asan, famous Malayalam poet & eminent social worker, died.
2/21/1995The plan outlay for Andhra Pradesh for 1995-96 fixed at Rs. 3.159 crores.
12/12/1959Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President, came to India.
1/21/1969First India built electronic digital computer commissioned.
2/14/1959Nehru tells the International Conference on Planned Parenthood that Indian family planning efforts have not stopped population growth.
1/26/1992Bharat Bhushan, the legendary romantic film hero of the 1950's, passed away at the age of 71 years.
12/16/1909Lal Singh Narayan Singh, cricketer (scored 15 & 29 in India's 1st Test match), was born near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.