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Historical Event on 12/25/1889

Pandurangi Kodanda Rao, journalist, Hindi writer and social worker, was born in Visakhapatnam, A.P.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/20/1965Under the leadership of Commander M. S. Kohli, Indian Trackers concurred Mount Everest. Captain A. S. Chima and Sherpa Nawang Gombu were the first to reach the summit.
5/4/1832Darpan', a fortnightly magazine started publishing as a weekly.
5/17/1897Dhirendra Varma, famous linguist, was born.
4/10/1935Vasudevaru Kesavaru (K.V. Manalikkera), famous writer and poet, was born at Madras.
7/10/1992Dr. Najma Heptulla re-elected Dy. Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
7/17/1903Joseph, versatile author in Malyalam language and critic Butshshor, was born.
8/19/1977Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake.
10/22/1764The Battle of Buxar was fought between armies of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and British East India Company led by Hector Munro.
4/7/1998Soli Sorabjee is appointed Attorney-General of India.
4/20/2000A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.