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Historical Event on 1/25/1988

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR (Posthumous) (1917-1987).

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/14/1993Justice V. Ramaswamy decides to resign.
10/16/1968Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene.
1/5/1659Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja in the battle of Khawan near Allahabad.
10/24/1945UNO Day.
1/28/2000Indian junior cricket team wins the Youth cricket World Cup.
10/23/1999A Boeing 707 carrying Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and his entourage lands safely at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai following a suspected tyre burst.
1/10/1693Job Charnock, founder of Calcutta, died in the same city and he was laid to rest.
5/12/1923Meera Mukherjee, great artist, was born.
3/6/1962Ambika Chakrovorty, great revolutionary and warrior, passed away.
1/10/1993Advani, Joshi released on court orders.