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Historical Event on 1/25/1971

Himachal Pradesh High Court was established at Shimla for Himachal Pradesh Territory.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1987Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh becomes the 23rd and 24th states of Indian Union.
5/20/1878Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away.
12/21/1921Praphulchandra Natwarlal Bhagwati, justice of Supreme Court, was born.
12/20/1904Virendranarayan Chakravorthy, former Indian Ambassador in England and Governor of Haryana, was born.
1/8/1995Madhu Limaye, veteran national leader, socialist thinker, freedom fighter, politician, writer, close associate of Ram Manohar Lohia and Jaya Prakash Narayan, passed away.
4/5/1908Babu Jagjivan Ram, valiant freedom fighter, was born in Chandwa village in Bhojpur, Bihar. He held many prominent ministerial portfolios such as Communications Minister (1952-56), Railway Minister (1956-62), Food and Agriculture Minister (1967-70) and Defence Minister (1970-74). After 1977, he became the Deputy Prime Minister (Defence) in Janta regime. Thereafter, he established Congress (J). His uninterrupted representation in the Parliament from 1936 to 1986 is a world record. This day is commemorated as ""Samta Diwas"".
3/1/1917J. F. Maden gave a preview of the first Bengali fiction film ""Satyawadi Raja Harischandra"".
7/2/1905Shantiswaroop Dhavan, former Governor of West Bengal, was born.
4/2/1953Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist and writer, passed away.
9/17/1885Keshav Sitaram Thakrey, journalist, social reformer and historian, was born.