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Historical Event on 1/25/1948
French India Peoples' Convention, Pondicherry, passed a resolution for complete merger of the French India with the Dominion of India. - G. V. Mavlankar was elected the first Speaker of the Indian Parliament.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/19/2000 | 18 people die following a fire on the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail between Dushkeda and Savada stations near Bhusaval, about 433 km from Mumbai. |
10/22/1997 | Faced with unprecedented Presidential rebuff, a divided U.F. Government reversed decision on invoking Article 356 in Uttar Pradesh. Kalyan Singh government survived. |
8/29/1991 | Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service. |
4/30/1909 | R. Shankar, politician, journalist and former Chief Minister of Kerala, was born. |
7/25/1997 | Kocheril Raman Narayanan (K. R. Narayanan) became the 10th President of India. |
8/13/1795 | Ahilyabai Holkar passed away at the age of 70. |
3/30/1908 | Devika Rani, famous film actress, was born. |
11/5/1927 | Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India, met Gandhiji, S.Shriniwas Iyengar and M.A. Ansari Congress leaders at New Delhi. |
10/3/1957 | Republican Party of India established. |
12/30/1879 | Shri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950), modern Hindu Advaita renaissance saint of Maharshi Research Institute, philosopher and yogi, was born in Tiruchuzhi near Madurai in Tamil Nadu. |
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