1874
The Howrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu)
is one of the more Indian bridges — the 705 m cantilever steel bridge was constructed 1937-1942 to replace the previous pontoon bridge that had connected Howrah to central Kolkata since 1874.
On this day
May 9
Cities around the world keep their histories on dates. Here is what happened on May 9 across the 1 editorial events Pyflo has so far catalogued for this date.
1 event
1 century
1 country
Drawn from the Pyflo Atlas — an interactive timeline of 1,601 editorial events reaching back to 2100 BCE, each pin a deep link into a city's full story. Watch history play out on the map →