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Historical Event on 5/25/1899
Nazrul Islam, revolutionary and Bengali poet, was born in Churulia village of Burdwan district.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/12/1896 | Salim Moizuddin Abdul Ali, explorer, ecologist, teacher, writer and bird watcher, was born. |
| 2/12/1928 | Lalit Mohan Sharma, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born. |
| 6/17/1913 | Waman Vasudev Chitle (Bal Chitle), Marathi story writer and editor, was born. |
| 10/11/1737 | A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives. |
| 1/3/1997 | Congress President Sitaram Kesri elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, and Sharad Pawar appointed leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha. |
| 3/9/1997 | Mumbai takes Wills Trophy in Mohali. |
| 12/7/2000 | A five-member ULFA group guns down 26 non-Assamese people, mostly Hindi and Bengali-speaking, at Sonpura near Arunachal Pradesh Border in Upper Assam. |
| 10/19/1925 | B. Shankaranand, former central minister, was born. |
| 12/10/1978 | Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace prize. |
| 8/27/1859 | Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, was born. |
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