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Historical Event on 5/25/1877

Sir John Lawrence--passenger steamer of McLean & Co. of Calcutta--sank near the coastline of Orrisa in a storm. This ship carried 732 passengers.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/18/1997Indo-Bangladesh friendship treaty, signed 25 years ago, expires.
7/8/1985Sri Lanka Peace talks open in Thimphu.
11/3/19843,000 die in a three-day anti-Sikh riotsin India.
6/22/1993JPC draft report raps B. Shankaranand and censures Manmohan Singh.
12/31/1988Treaty signed between India and Pakistan for not to target nuclear sites of each other.
8/27/1976Major-General (Kumari) Gertude Ali Ram, the first women General in Indian Army, was appointed as the first Director of Military Nursing Services at the Army Headquarters.
12/13/2000The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate.
7/16/1959Suhridkumar Roy, famous geologist, died.
8/15/1982Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.
1/2/1994India and Pakistan resume talks after a gap of 16 months.