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Historical Event on 7/25/2000

Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1881Subramania Bharati was born at Ettaiyapuram.
12/22/1853Saradamoni Devi was born in Jairambati of Hooghly district.
5/4/1994Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service.
12/17/1934Khandesh Gandhi Mir Sukrulla, great patriot and freedom fighter, died.
1/1/19958th World Tamil Conference begins in Madurai.
1/14/1959Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, emerges as leading choice for president in New Delhi.
9/25/1993Soli Sorabji, 63, nominated as Prosecutor of the International War Crimes Court by UN Secretary General.
4/28/1701John Norris of Britain met Aurangjeb at Parnela in South India.
2/20/1827Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule, great social worker and founder of `Satyashodhak Samrajya', was born in Pune.
11/9/1993Tamil Nadu Assembly urges the Centre to amend Constitution to retain 69\% reservation for backward classes.