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Historical Event on 5/9/1874

First horse-drawn tram car started running in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/10/1930Police raid the headquarters of the Indian National Congress, Bombay.
1/21/1997First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.
2/15/1951Stephen H. Smith, father and pioneer of Indian Aero Philately or air borne mail, passed away.
2/6/1985Vikram Kumar, Soccer(Football) player, was born.
3/26/1992Rs. 245 crore relief in customs, excise duties announced.
5/29/1967First blowdown of the 4 ft trisonic tunnel; the tunnel with all auxiliary facilities such as compressor system, electrical sub-station, design office and model fabrication shop is formally set up and commissioned by National Aeronautical Laboratory.
5/1/199560 killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express collides with a goods train at Danishpet.
6/26/1983Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.
12/6/199813th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok.
11/8/1893Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, great musician and professor, was born in Bangalore.