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Historical Event on 8/1/1905
Horse drawn tram cars were closed down in Bombay. This service was started on May 9, 1874 with 20 tram cars and 200 horses. The very first day of its run, the number of passengers carried was 451 and the amount earned was Rs. 85/- on the last day it had 1360 horses and carried 71,947 passengers and earned Rs.4,260/.
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| 12/12/1991 | Violence in Karnataka over the centre's notification on Cauvery. |
| 7/5/1995 | Tarapur nuclear station controls the leakage and soil contamination within the natural background radiation levels. |
| 7/10/1949 | Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980). |
| 12/23/1913 | Gondhavalekar Maharaj, famous saint, died. |
| 1/27/1988 | The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first flight was from Port Blair to Havelock Island and its inaugurated by the Governer of Andaman and Nicobar Island. |
| 1/3/1994 | Stalemate persists on the Kashmir issue during Indo-Pak talks that concluded in Islamabad. |
| 7/22/1993 | Swiss Justice ministry reveals that Hindujas, Quatrocchi and Win Chadha are among the seven appellants fighting to prevent the transfer of Bofors pay off names to India. |
| 12/25/1991 | Ajit Singh expelled from the JD. |
| 1/31/1986 | Shri Vishwanath More, famous music director, passed away. |
| 1/31/1986 | Rana Sanga of Mewar, who had built up an extensive and powerful kingdom over the central and western regions of Northern India, passed away. Mughal Emperor Babur captured Chanderi Fort from Medini Rai, Rana Sangram Singh one of the Lieutenants. |
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