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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.
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6/17/1991 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991). |
1/14/1851 | Peshwa Bajirao Raghunath, last Peshwa of Marathas, passed away at Brahmawart. |
7/21/1977 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddi was elected as the President of India. |
7/24/1994 | Bodo kills 37 moslems in Bashbari, North Eastern India. |
1/4/1924 | Vidyadhar Gokhle, editor, playwright and politician, was born. |
8/1/1966 | Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV) was established at Palampur under the aegis of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, to cater to the need of hilly areas of erstwhile Punjab. |
10/26/1950 | Tirumalai Echambadi Srinivasan, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1981), was born in Madras. |
12/8/1857 | Mohsini from Delhi was hanged in jail. |
11/1/1858 | Her Majesty Queen Victoria was no longer amused with the Company's loss of control, and India came directly under the Crown of 'Princes, Chiefs and People of India'. Britain Government took over administrative powers from East India Company to rule India. |
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