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Historical Event on 5/25/1997

In a bid to break the deadlock on naming transport corporation after caste leaders in southern districts, Tamil Nadu Government agrees to create a new bus corporation named after Pulithevan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1964Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.
5/12/1993Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away.
10/2/1911Ambat Menon, great educationist, was born at Chittore, Kerala .
8/9/1963India is the first country to add its signature to the test-ban treaty at Moscow.
11/12/1880Senapati Bapat (Pandurang Mahadev), armed freedom fighter, was born in Parnar (Maharashtra).
1/26/1965Hindi Language is accepted as National language of India.
2/2/1952India won first cricket Test Match at Chepauk Stadium, Madras.
5/27/1919Kandukuri Veeresalingam, father of modern Telgu language, author and social reformer, passed away.
7/10/1998India says it wont sign the CTBT unconditionally and invites Pakistan to join in disarmament efforts.
9/29/1971Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people.