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Historical Event on 5/25/1941
5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/7/1999 | India rejects Pakistan demand for a East Timor type of referendum in Kashmir. |
10/1/1978 | In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females. |
9/23/1858 | Grant Duf, historian who studied Maratha history, died. |
1/20/1684 | Treaty between Marathas and Portuguese. |
10/5/1997 | Leander-Mahesh win China Open ATP Tour doubles event. |
8/15/1993 | Five more Doordarshan channels launched. |
4/27/1918 | Gandhiji attends Viceroy's War Conference at Delhi and addresses it in Hindustani; subsequently tours Kaira District to raise recruits for army. |
7/13/1830 | Raja Ram Mohun Roy and Alexander Duff, in 1921 Scottish Church College, General Assembly s Institution was established with only five students, where teaching of the Bible took an important part. |
1/1/1998 | The Election Commission announces the poll schedule for the 12th Lok Sabha. The polling will be on February 16, 22, 28 and March 7. Simultaneously, elections are to be held for the Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assemblies. |
1/14/1882 | Maharshi Raghunath Dhondo Karve, father of Family Planning and Sex Education, was born. |
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