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Historical Event on 1/25/1980

Awards regarding Public Honour were re-started by Goverment of India; Mother Teresa was honoured by Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, etc.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/11/1908Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers.
11/24/1932The Third Round Table Conference ended in London. As Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it. This conference ended without achieving anything.
6/3/1977K. Brahmananda Reddi elected President of the Indian National Congress.
9/2/1946Jawaharlal Nehru, was sworn in as the Prime Minister of the Interim Government of Undivided india, against Partition.
9/25/1997BAI-IBC dispute resolved.
10/16/1999Indian women claimed bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang
10/19/1875The first section from Hathras Road to Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic.
2/1/1956Judge Sudhi Ranjan Das became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 30/09/1959.
4/26/1841Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk.
4/18/1904Ramnath Goenka, president and founder of Indian Express Group, was born.