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Historical Event on 5/25/1979

Commercial Unity Day started.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1990GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday.
11/7/1858Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful revolutionary and journalist, was born in a place called Silhat (now in Bangladesh). He was amoung the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started as newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democra
1/22/1901Nirmal Kumar Bose was born.
1/1/1991Bhanu Pratap Singh, Karnataka Governor, resigns. Goa governor Khurshid Alam Khan appointed in his place.
2/19/1855U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born.
5/19/1980Dr. Ramashankar Shukla 'Rasal', famous writer, passed away.
4/19/1950Shyama Prasad Mukherji resigned. He was the first Minister of Central Cabinet.
7/16/1993Russia cancels cryogenic rocket deal with India.
5/8/1990A 255 kmph cyclone lashes Andhra Pradesh coast causing heavy losses to life and property.
1/15/1784Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution.