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Historical Event on 1/25/1983
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Acharya Vinobha Bhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/1899 | Kamala Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, was born. |
| 6/6/1986 | Militant Sikhs in Amritsar call for the murder of Surjit Singh Barnala, Chief Minister of Punjab and J.F. Ribeiro, the Chief of Police. |
| 2/1/1797 | Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor General of India for a second time in England. However, he did not proceed to India till 1805. |
| 8/19/1903 | Gangadhar Devram Khanolkar, biographer and critic, was born. |
| 1/9/1935 | Harishankar Sharma, great educationist, was born at Jaipur. |
| 9/20/1881 | Pandit Kashinath Babaji (Chandrakant Bhringa), famous Marathi writer, was born at Munjawad in Nasik. |
| 5/20/1878 | Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated. |
| 6/8/1992 | Assets of 31 persons including Harshad Mehta attached. |
| 7/26/1991 | Indian, UN Observer Mission in El Salvador joined (ONUSAL from Jul 1991 To Apr 1995). |
| 4/21/1946 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test umpire, ICC referee), was born in Madras. He received Arjun Award (1971). |
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