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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
4/19/1910Anant Laxman Kanhere, revolutionary, was hanged.
11/7/2000The BJP firebrand Uma Bharti makes a triumphant return to the Union Ministry as Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Arun Jaitley gets elevated as Cabinet Minister in a mini expansion. Maj.Gen. (Retd) B. C. Khanduri takes oath as Minister of State for Transport and Highways.
11/13/1970Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed.
4/1/2000Disinvestment not distress sell, says Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee at a conference of chief executives of PSUs in New Delhi.
3/23/1913Indian Muslim Conference passes resolution demanding immediate self-government.
6/25/1994Dinsha Pirosha Madan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, died.
8/29/1975Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away.
2/28/2000The Supreme Court orders notice to the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, on a special leave petition filed by the State Government against the Madras High Court judgment upholding the trial court's order discharging her in the ""coal import case"".
3/19/1995Vinaychandra Maudgal, founder of Gandharva Mahavidyalay of Delhi and music expert, passed away.
8/25/1997Konkan Railway line in Goa, except for a short stretch between Pernem and Maharashtra border, becomes operational.