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Historical Event on 7/25/1977

B. D. Jathi retired from the post of second acting President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/28/1968Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name.
12/10/1918Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford.
2/13/1719Jahandar Shah was strangled to death and the Sayyid brothers were killed soon after.
11/18/1973Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, passed away. She came to India in 1914.
4/24/1918Durgaprasad Dhar, former Vice President of Planning Commission, was born.
4/24/1959Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie.
3/28/1947Abdul Bari, labour leader, passed away.
4/14/1993The Cabinet Committee approves delicensing of car, refrigerator and leather goods industries.
7/17/1930Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.