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Historical Event on 7/25/1992

Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma sworn in as the ninth President of India. He remain in this office from July 25, 1992 to July 25, 1997.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/6/1996Supreme Court upholds election of CPI (M) leader O. Bharathan to Kerala Assembly from Edakkad (91).
1/18/1996N. T. Rama Rao, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh (during 1983-84, 84-89, 94-95), passed away at Hydrabad.
4/24/1995K. Karunakaran elected to Rajya Sabha.
9/14/1820Agri-Horticultural Garden of Calcutta started functioning.
9/17/1960Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries.
3/13/1992Indumati Ramkrishna Shevde, famous writer, critic and painter, passed away.
12/23/1900Kalicharan Patnaik, famous Orria dramatist, poet and journalist, was born.
10/15/1931Avil Pakir Jalaluddin Abdul Kalam better known as "APJ", famous Indian scientist, was born in the temple town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. He is the pioneer of India's missile programme and was awarded the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, in 1997, for his immense and valuable contribution to scientific research and modernisation of defence technol
9/30/1996Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai.
2/2/1978Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, the first receipent of ""Gyanpeeth Puraskar (Award)"", and many other awards, passed away.