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Historical Event on 12/25/1861
Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, freedom fighter and founder of Banaras Hindu University, was born at Allahabad.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/6/1946 | P. S. Shivswami Iyyer, great politician and administrator, passed away. |
| 10/5/1949 | A. K. Pillai, great social reformer and politician, died. |
| 1/21/1970 | Harivinayak Pataskar, former Central Minister and Governor of Madhya Pradesh, passed away. |
| 1/2/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi met Lord Bevin, the personal emissary of British Prime Minister Winston Churchil, in Delhi. Beven is reported to have told the great man, ''Eighteen languages, 500 dialects, some 30 religions, a million Gods and Goddesses, 300 million individuals, an infinity of castes and sub castes, and a population (that is) practically illiterate and half of which (are) beggars or thieves... Good luck, sir! Such a nation is ungovernable! It'd take you centuries to get anywhere!''. Gandhiji wrapped his large, white shawl a little more closely around him, and modestly replied, 'India has eternity before her.. and ""All around me is utter darkness"". |
| 4/8/1674 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj honoured Hansaji Mohite with the degree of 'Hambirrao' and appointed him as Chief General of his Army. |
| 5/8/1997 | Mumbai High Court holds that Christian women can seek divorce on the sole ground of being subjected to cruelty and need not prove infedidelity on the part of their husbands or desertion. |
| 10/29/1935 | Narendra Kumar Chhajerh, great industrialist, was born. |
| 1/31/1983 | The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah. |
| 1/30/1911 | Gajananrao Joshi, famous violin player and singer of ""Gwalior Gharana"", was born. |
| 4/4/1926 | Martial law is declared in Calcutta as rioting continues. |
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