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Historical Event on 12/25/1949
Dr. Hari Singh Gour, famous law expert, great social reformer, jurist, leader and educationist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/8/1947 | Rajasthan University established at Jaipur. |
| 12/3/1971 | Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief. |
| 7/4/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi sentenced to one year imprisonment. |
| 5/20/1878 | Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated. |
| 8/12/1998 | Uttarancha State plan meets with difficulty owing to differences on inclusion of Udham Singh Nagar and Hardwar district. |
| 2/17/1992 | S. V. Sheshadri, sports journalist, passed away. |
| 4/26/1999 | The President dissolves Lok Sabha and orders fresh elections. |
| 4/26/1999 | Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev, was born on Baisakhi in a Khatri family in Talwandi Rae Bhoe in Pakistan, known as Nankana Sahib. Guru Nanak's birthday has been traditionally celebrated on Katik Poornamashi. Althought the correct birth date has been established as Vaisakh 1 (April 14), it will continue to be celebrated on Katik Poornamashi until such time as it is changed to Vaisakh 1. (Most Sikhs in the present day consider themselves members of a separate religion.). |
| 6/25/1888 | Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born. |
| 7/28/1921 | The All-India Congress Party votes to boycott a forthcoming visit by the Prince of Wales and urges a boycott of imported cloth. |
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