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Historical Event on 1/25/1971

Himachal Pradesh becomes a full-fledged 18th Indian Union state.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/23/1946Some 300,000 Indians joined in anti-British demonstrations today in the wake of yesterday's violent riots in the city of Bombay. Indian Navy rebels. A day of terror and rebellion saw Indian Navy members turn against their British officers firing machine guns.
4/1/1902Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer, (one Test, India v England 1934, scored 19 & 0), was born in Bombay.
5/1/1909Madame Bhikaji Cama secretly left London and went to France where she was wrote and spoke about the cruelty of Britishers.
2/21/1899Suryakant Tripathi `Nirala', famous Hindi poet, was born.
3/31/1994The Supreme Court orders closure of 11 industrial units around Taj Mahal.
10/20/1991Manohar Phalke, famous union leader and MLA, died.
11/11/1793English pioneer missionary William Carey, 32, reached Calcutta five months after setting sail for India. Later, Carey founded the Baptist Missionary Society, the first of the British Protestant missions agencies.
4/22/1923Babani Sheshagiri Pai, social worker and journalist, was born at Ankola in Karnataka.
7/13/1912Shriman Narayan, educationist, administrator and diplomat, was born in Etawah, U.P.
1/18/1992Ordinance cuts minimum poll campaign time to 14 days from 20 days.