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Historical Event on 7/25/1982
Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996) retired from the post of sixth President.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/14/1999 | At least 51 persons are killed and several injured in a stampede at a hilltop at Pampa on the foothills of Sabarimala in Kerala. |
| 9/9/1981 | Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricketer (two Tests for India, 29 runs & 0/13), died. |
| 6/17/1824 | Bureau of Indian Affairs established. |
| 7/21/1906 | W.C. Bonerjee, first President of Indian National Congress, passed away. |
| 7/15/1788 | Ghulam Kadir, the infamous son of Jabita Khan, conquered Delhi. |
| 2/1/1992 | Mohan Choty, comedy film actor, passed away. |
| 10/12/1976 | Kumarnath Bagchi, famous Indian chemist, died. |
| 2/19/1919 | Arvind Gokhle, great Marathi story writer, was born. |
| 8/30/1979 | Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma, a World War II hero, last British Viceroy in India and the first Governor General of independent India, was killed when Irish terrorists exploded his family fishing boat off the coast of Ireland. The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army immediately took credit for the killing, which it described as 'an execution' designed to further 'the noble struggle to drive the British intruders out of our native land'. |
| 9/14/1868 | Swami Virjanand, Sanskrit grammar litterateur and master, passed away at the age of 90. |
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