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Historical Event on 5/25/1996
Kathapurushan' wins best film national award.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/17/1985 | Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), passed away. |
| 8/25/1981 | Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress. |
| 1/18/1950 | India is declared a secular republic. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964) is determined to abolish casteism and industrialize the nation. Constitution makes Hindi official national language, English to continue for 15 years, 14 major state languages are recognized. India also moved a motion for no war treaty between India and Pakistan to improve the relations with neighboring countries. |
| 1/31/1997 | INS Vikrant, Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier, de-commissioned. |
| 3/3/1859 | A length of 119 miles of line was laid in the North from Allahabad to Kanpur. |
| 11/29/1798 | Neplus Naresh Fardinad Chaturth announced that they will fight against France. |
| 7/23/1903 | Chandra Shekhar Azad was born Today in 1903 |
| 7/3/1927 | A. Neelameghan, librarian, was born at Ootacamund in Tamil Nadu. |
| 5/21/1996 | M.S. Sushama Dande (Shiv Sena) elected first woman mayor of New Mumbai along with Savitri Patil (Shiv Sena) as Deputy Mayor. |
| 1/30/1948 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting. |
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