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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
1/20/1999Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award.
1/26/1982Meera Behn (Medlin Slade) freedom fighter, and Gandhin by thought awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
10/16/1999Indian women claimed bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang
12/17/1996Virendrakumar Jain, famous writer, died in Mumbai.
2/25/1886Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave 'Narmad', social reformer and famous Gujrati litterateur, passed away.
8/6/1962Peking agrees to talks with India to settle border disputes.
8/6/1951Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died.
2/4/1973India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Nation.
7/1/1996RBI reduces cash reserve ratio to 12\%.
4/26/1993Indian Airlines' IC 491 crashes at Aurangabad, killing 55 passengers.