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Historical Event on 7/25/2000

Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/28/1994G-15 summit opens with only six heads of Government in New Delhi.
2/19/1891Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper.
1/24/1966Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, chairmain of Atomic Research Institute, passed away near Geneva when Air India Boeing 707 crashed in accident at Alps Hills, Mont Blanc in Switzerland killing all the 117 persons on board.
5/17/1887Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away.
10/10/1998Uzma Khan and Nitin Kirtane bag the women's and men's crowns in the national tennis championships in Delhi.
2/6/1994Indian Union Muslim League splits, G.M.Banatwala elected President in place of Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait.
10/2/1999Ban orders in Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar.
8/1/1882Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.).
1/20/2000J&K accepts the report of the State Autonomy committee tabled in the Assembly last year.
3/29/1992Centenary celebrations of Tansa Dam held at Tansa. No of Seats of the Standing Committee and Education Committee increased from 20 to 27and 20 to 26 respectively and that of the B.E.S. & T. Committee from 12 to 17 (Vide Maharashtra Act XXI of 1992) (CIVIC).