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Historical Event on 5/25/1894
Biharilal Chakravorty, bengali poet, passed away.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/29/1998 | Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi. |
1/28/1902 | Gandhiji left for Rangoon visit. Stays for a month with Gokhale at Calcutta. Returns to Rajkot and settles down to practise. |
2/14/1901 | Sambamurty Pichhu, music teacher, was born. |
4/1/1882 | Savings Bank Postal system was introduced. |
8/13/1947 | Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house. |
7/28/1972 | India and Pakistan sign Simla Pact, settling border dispute in Kashmir. |
3/5/1948 | C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June. |
3/7/1911 | Sachchitanand Hiranand Vatsyayan, (Agyeya), modern Hindi literary journalist, freedom fighter and the winner of Jnanpith Award of 1979, was born. |
2/23/1990 | 5-member Ministry headed by R. K. Ranbir Singh in Manipur elected. |
11/15/1875 | Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Ulihatu, Ranchi district, Bihar. |
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