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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 |
| 10/9/1978 | Asian Games begin in Bangkok. |
| 12/4/1959 | Power Project was signed betwen India and Nepal, an agreement on the Gandak Irrigation. |
| 7/6/1942 | Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter and editor of ""Janma Bhoomi"", died due to non-medical facility and mal-nutrition in Jail. She has also written ""Karagaar Ke Anubhav"" in 1930. She was arrested for Satyagrah and forcefully closing of Foreign Goods. |
| 1/17/1925 | Abdul Hafeez Kardar, cricketer (Pakistan 1st Test captain, previously played for India), was born in Lahore. |
| 5/3/1962 | Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal. |
| 11/10/1994 | Dr. K. V. Putappa ""Kuvempu"", first Gyanpeet Awardee for literature and Kannad author, died at the age of 90 ye |
| 8/15/1999 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says Agni-2 to be inducted in the defence arsenal. |
| 8/7/1991 | India successfully launches Prithvi-III, surface-to-air missile from Sriharikota. |
| 11/25/1999 | Baba Amte, a Gandhian and noted social worker, is chosen for the Gandhi Peace Prize. |
| 10/26/1947 | After the tribal column, raping and looting along the way by Pakistani Army continued at Baramulla, 50 kilometres from Srinagar. Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir Hari Singhji, then, signed the instrument of accession with India and the Indian Armed Forces reacted to the Pakistani Army's infiltration. Great acts of personal gallantry and collective bravery were shown in the Kashmir operations. Major Som Nath Sharma was awarded the PVC, India's highest decoration for valour, and Brigadier Usman, commanding the 50th Parachute Brigade, was awarded the MVC. Both the soldiers were awarded posthumously. |
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