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Historical Event on 11/25/1999
Baba Amte, a Gandhian and noted social worker, is chosen for the Gandhi Peace Prize.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/20/1946 | Gandhiji completes his month-long sojourn at Srirampur. |
| 7/25/1986 | Sikh extremist kill 16 Hindus in Muhktsar India. |
| 10/1/1958 | Metric System of weights was introduced in India. |
| 8/1/1986 | Amnesty scheme for evaders of taxes announced. |
| 1/20/1996 | The Indian Army conducted United Nation Peacekeeping Keeping Operations in New Delhi from 20 to 26 Jan 1996, wherein delegates from UN HQ and 17 foreign countries of the Asia-Pacific region participated. The Under Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, was the chief guest. |
| 10/23/1970 | If India's ""vasectomy fairs"" had hawkers, they might cry, ""Come one, come all & all one billion."" India faces a population of one billion by the year 2000. To hold down that number, the government offered money ($13 to each man) and gifts (a sari for his wife) to those willing to be sterilized. Thirteen dollars was more than three times what an average village worker can earn in one month. In December, a fair held at Kerala attracted 15,000 men. Just seven months later, a fair in the same town received 63,000. Doctors operated in ten-hour |
| 5/1/1886 | May Day was first observed in Chicago, USA. Work, Social activities, Rest, for 8 Hours. |
| 8/21/1978 | Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets. |
| 9/5/1904 | Bhalchandra Pandharinath Bahirat, editor and expert of Saint literature, was born. |
| 7/1/1965 | Meerut University was established. |
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