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Historical Event on 2/3/1925

First Electric Train started its journey from Bombay V. T. (presently known as C.S.T.) to Kurla. This train was on the Central Railway, Bombay.

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9/7/1931Meena Mangeshkar, famous playback singer, was born.
3/23/1913Indian Muslim Conference passes resolution demanding immediate self-government.
6/22/1955Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (12 wkts in 7 Tests for India), died at the age of 31.
7/19/1998Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
1/6/18424,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul..
12/4/1999A batch of 1,690 Indian soldiers leave for Sierra Leone to join the U.N. Mission to implement the peace accord.
12/19/1988Umashankar Joshi, Gyanpeeth awardee and Gujrathi poet, died.
3/29/1999A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured.
5/8/1997India decides to import currency notes for the first time.