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Historical Event on 5/25/1941

Sagarmal Gopa, a devoted patriot and freedom fighter, was arrested in Jaisalmer. He wrote two books ""Jaisalmer Rajya ka Gunda Shasan"" and ""Raghunath Singh Ka Mukadma"" for which he was prohibited to enter in Jaisalmer.

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1/29/1853Madhusudan Rao, modern writer in Oria language, was born.
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1/26/1882Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta.
1/26/1997Delhi becomes the first state in India to enforce a ban on smoking in all public places.
3/29/1996SC asks All India Indira Congress to modify its name as All Indira Congress (Tiwari).
5/13/1918Balasarswati, famous dancer of Bharat Natyam, was born.
2/9/1992Pakistan bans JKLF march.
1/27/1999P. Krishnamurthy, former Indian wicketkeeper, died in Hyderabad following a cardiac arrest.
9/3/1979M. M. Bhatnagar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 14-06-1985.