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Historical Event on 2/25/1903

Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo, chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/5/1949Judgement on Gandhi's murder; Godse and Apte to be executed.
3/26/1931New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies.
1/1/1988On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking.
3/22/1963World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways.
4/16/1930Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000.
5/4/1849Jyotirindranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur and poet, was born.
1/5/1988India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.
8/30/1994The ruling CPC-led Left Front captures large majority of gram panchayat seats in Tripura civic polls.
10/27/2000The Vajpayee Government 'clears' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as the Governors of the new States of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh respectively.
1/20/1993Bindeshwari Dube, former Chief Minister Bihar, passed away.