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Historical Event on 1/25/1992
Swaran Singh and Vajpayee awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/24/1996 | Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs. |
| 4/21/1938 | Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away. |
| 7/16/1996 | The four basin states of Narmada valley - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra - reach agreement to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat to 436' after which hydrological studies will be done for 5 years to decide whether the height should be raised to the awarded 455'. |
| 5/13/1971 | General Insurance nationalized. |
| 10/28/1811 | Yashwantrao Holkar, a diplomat of Peshwa kingdom, died. |
| 2/19/1996 | Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states. |
| 10/23/1997 | I.K. Gujral, PM, leaves for Edinburgh to attend Commonwealth Heads of Govt. Meeting. |
| 7/11/1957 | Aga Sultan Sir Muhammad (1877-1957), Aga Khan III, spritual leader of Ismaeli Muhammedans, passed away. He worked for Britian in the WW I & II. Aga Khan was extremly rich, he once had himself weighed against a sack of diamonds belonging to him. He was also one among those who formed the Muslim League. |
| 12/3/1882 | Nandalal Bose, great Indian painter and master, was born in Bengal. |
| 7/12/1947 | Pochiah Krishnamurthy, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1971 WI tour), was born in Hyderabad. |
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