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Historical Event on 3/31/1964
Tram-way service ended in Mumbai (Bombay). This last electric tram left Bori Bunder (CST) for Dadar at 10 p.m., crowds lined the route all the way at that late hour to bid farewell to the common man's transport medium.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/8/1993 | India and Spain sign four agreements as the Spanish PM, Felipe Gonzalez, began a two-day visit to New Delhi. |
1/16/2000 | Punjab men, Railway women win the Senior National Volleyball championship in Salem. |
8/2/1987 | Vishwanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess championship. |
10/23/1999 | A Boeing 707 carrying Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and his entourage lands safely at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai following a suspected tyre burst. |
2/4/1994 | India elected to the executive boards of UNDP, UN Population Fund and UNICEF. |
4/5/1614 | Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. |
12/8/1920 | A. Adivi Reddy, social reformer and educationist, was born at Chandragiri, AP. |
4/27/2000 | Arun Bharat Ram takes over as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry. |
10/12/1967 | Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia also known as "Dauntless Dr. Lohia", freedom fighter, social reformer and socialist leader, died at the Willingdon Nursing Home, New Delhi. He had founded the 'Praja Socialist Party' in 195 |
3/2/1996 | Malabar University (Kerala) comes into being. |
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