1995 Event Bombay beat Punjab on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy 1994 Event Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy 1993 Event 317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay 1993 Event Vinod Kambli scores 224 vs. England at Bombay, 411 balls, 23 fours 1991 Event Haryana beat Bombay in the Ranji Cricket Trophy final by 2 runs 1987 Event Test debut of Carl Hooper, WI vs. India at Bombay 1986 Event Allan Border scores the 10,000th run in Tests (v India, Bombay) 1985 Event Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final 1984 Event Bombay beat Delhi on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy 1983 Event Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson, WI vs. India Bombay 1983 Event Karnataka beat Bombay on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy 1981 Event Bombay beat Delhi by innings and 46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy 1980 Event Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final 1980 Event Bombay gets its 1st rock concert in 10 years (The Police) 1980 Event Botham a century and 13 wickets in Jubilee Test Cricket at Bombay 1978 Event Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213 1973 Birthday Sairaj Bahatule, cricketer, promising Bombay leg-spin all-rounder 1968 Birthday Abey Kuruvila, cricketer, promising Bombay fast bowler 1966 Event Test debut of Clive Lloyd, vs. India Bombay, 82 and 78 1962 Birthday Alan Sippy, cricketer, dashing Bombay lefty batsman of 1980's 1960 Event India's Bombay state split into Gujarat and Maharashtra states 1958 Event Test Cricket debut for Wes Hall, vs. India at Bombay 1950 Birthday Persis Khambatta, Bombay India, actress, Star Trek, Megaforce 1949 Event Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die 1944 Event Freighter "Fort Stikene" explodes in Bombay India, killing 1,376 1942 Event Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a "quit India" campaign by the All-India Congress 1936 Birthday Ismail Merchant, Bombay India, producer, Householder 1936 Birthday Juliet Prowse, Bombay India, actress/dancer, Who Killed Teddy Bear 1936 Birthday Zubin Mehta, born in Bombay, India, conductor, New York Philharmonic 1933 Event B H Valentine scores 133 on Test Cricket debut, England vs. India at Bombay 1929 Birthday Narotam Puna, cricketer, Bombay New Zealand off-spinner vs. England 1966 1911 Event L D Swamikannu publishes "Manual of Indian Chronology" in Bombay 1906 Birthday Terence Hanbury White, Bombay India, novelist, England Have My Bones 1899 Event 1st British troops leave Bombay for South Africa 1882 Event Cyclone in Arabian Sea, Bombay, India, drowns 100,000 1882 Event Storm and floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die 1865 Birthday Rudyard Kipling, Bombay, author, Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907 1853 Event 1st train in Asia (Bombay to Tanna, 36 km) 1841 Event "Bombay Gazette" begins publishing on silk 1803 Event Great fire in Bombay, India 1668 Event English king Charles II gives Bombay to East India Company 1668 Event England takes control of Bombay India 1661 Event Portugal gives Tanger and Bombay to English King Charles II
