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Historical Event on 7/25/1982

Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996) retired from the post of sixth President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/4/1992The goverment promulgates an ordinance to prevent countermanding of election in the event of death of independent candidates.
8/15/1998Golden jubilee celebrations of the Indian Independence ends.
3/25/1927Leslie Claudius, India field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born.
10/17/1970Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg spinner since 1990), was born in Bangalore.
3/19/1972India and Bangladesh singed mutual aid treaty for peace and friendship for 25 years.
8/1/1953Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas.
1/4/1932Mahatma Gandhi and other members of his All-India National Congress are back in jail again. After the collapse of the London conference, British authorities cracked down even harder on Gandhi and his followers, and the Mahatma urged Indians to increase their acts of civil disobedience. ""Wake up from sleep,"" Gandhi said as he ordered a boycott of British goods. ""Discard foreign cloth. Discard narcotics. Discard violence. Defy all orders calculated to crush the national spirit."" The government declared Gandhi's Congress an illegal organization. Under new laws, even peaceful picketing is illegal. The Congress party responded to the crackdown by recruiting more followers and striking more plants.
12/11/1988Dr. Nagendra Singh, 74, President of the International Court of Justice, passed away in Hague.
1/12/1934Surya Sen (Master Da), revolutionary leader of the Indian Republican Army, who attacked the armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army, was hanged at Chittgong Jail by the Britishers.
5/22/1927M. S. Shivsankaraiyah, cricket test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Andhra Pradesh.