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Historical Event on 1/25/1980
Awards regarding Public Honour were re-started by Goverment of India; Mother Teresa was honoured by Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, etc.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/11/2000 | Koneru Humpy was crowned the youngest British Ladies chess champion at the end of eleventh and final round in the Smith and Williamson British chess championship in Somerset. |
3/26/1938 | Laxminath Bezbarua, great littearateur of modern Assamia language, passed away. |
2/6/1931 | Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, revolutionary, founder of 'Swaraj Party', political leader and barrister, passed away at Lucknow. |
7/14/1656 | Guru Har Kishan, the eight Sikh, was born. |
8/14/1993 | 15 bus passengers massacred in J&K. |
9/1/1965 | Pakistan launched Operation 'Grand Slam' in Chhamb sector aimed at Akhnoor in Jammu. Indians had battled Pakistanis in air and on ground at Kashmir. |
6/18/1997 | Prakash Padukone launches IBC. |
3/8/1963 | Gursharan Singh Narainsingh, cricketer (Indian batsman played one Test 1989-90), was born in Amritsar. |
6/17/1862 | Lord Charles Jhon Canning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), died. |
12/11/1958 | Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship. |
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