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Historical Event on 12/25/1972

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1994Sukumar Gupta, a socialist, dies.
6/21/1906Vyomeshchandra Banerjee, first president of All India Congress, passed away.
8/28/1934Justice Sujata Manohar was born.
8/21/1997Government extends the provision of the payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 to all those societies and trusts which employed 10 or more people.
6/2/1993Kurla-Kochi Express rams into goods train near Jolarpet in which 22 were killed and 100 injured.
10/2/1930Jayasinghrao Mansingrao Ghorpade, cricketer (8 Tests for India 1952-59 with little impact), was born in Panchgani, Maharashtra.
11/27/1994Shyam Vyas, veteran Hindi story writer, passed away.
6/6/1996Benazir Bhutto,Pakistan PM, gives green signal for opening up trade with India.
10/28/1997Cabinet permits RBI to issue rupee notes of 1000 denomination.
12/27/1999PSCB's Prathima Kumari shattered the National clean and jerk mark twice in the women's 58-kg class on the second day of the senior national weightlifting championship in Kalyan.