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Historical Event on 7/9/1875

The Bombay Stock Exchange, the first in India, was constructed under the shade of a large banyan tree.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
8/6/1998SriKrishna Commission report was tabled by the Maharashtra government. It was rejected by the ruling alliance whom it heavily indicted.
2/23/1908Maharaj Kumar Raghubir Sinh, famous Hindi writer and historian, was born.
8/30/1773Narayan Rao Peshwa was murdered by his uncle Raghunath Rao, also called Raghoba, who then proclaimed himself the Peshwa.
6/4/1987A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India.
5/17/1857Bahadhur Shah II declared as the emperor of India.
6/5/1882Cyclonic Storm & floods in Arabian Sea hit Bombay. About 100,000 people drowned.
9/27/1703More than 8,000 people died in a cyclone in England.
10/2/1955Nehru inaugurated an Integral Coach factory at Perambur.
1/15/2000Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan.