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Historical Event on 7/25/1976
Sriram Singh at Montreal sets record for 800m in 1.45.77.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/5/1901 | B. N. Sircar, producer and founder of International Film Craft and New Theaters Ltd., Calcutta was born at Bhagalpur. His films are Boker Bojha, Chorekanta, Chasar Meye (1931). |
| 7/30/1947 | The part of Kashmir, North West Frontier Provience (NWFP), was swallowed up by Pakistan. The formality of raising the flag being done in November. |
| 11/21/1994 | Dr. Malcom Adiseshiah, 84, noted economist and educationist, died. |
| 12/20/1929 | The Indian State Air Service, an extension of Imperial Airways' routes, opens its inaugural service from Karachi to Delhi. |
| 8/14/1997 | Special session of Parliament to commemorate 50 years of independence. |
| 2/2/1952 | India won first cricket Test Match at Chepauk Stadium, Madras. |
| 12/4/1999 | A batch of 1,690 Indian soldiers leave for Sierra Leone to join the U.N. Mission to implement the peace accord. |
| 1/27/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign. |
| 3/1/1916 | Habib Rahman, great Architect, was born at Calcutta. |
| 12/6/1732 | Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of East India Company in India, was born in Churchill village of Oxfordshire in UK. |
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