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Historical Event on 7/25/1961
Delhi upgraded as an A-class city on the basis of provisional Census figures of 1961.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/8/1922 | Hari Prasad Sharma, cricket Test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Delhi. |
| 12/15/1894 | Saraswatibai, famous singer and classical music expert, was born. |
| 3/9/1999 | Rabri Devi is sworn in Chief Minister of Bihar for the second time. |
| 6/22/1917 | Mohy-id-Din Hajini, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Kashmir (Hajin). |
| 9/18/1917 | Sher Singh, educationist and politician, was born at Baghpur (Haryana). |
| 11/19/1924 | Amarjit Singh, great educationist and scientist, was born at Punjab. |
| 4/9/1986 | First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada. |
| 8/11/1961 | Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States. |
| 11/1/1956 | Indian Government re-organizes the states according to linguistic principles and inaugurates second Five-Year Plan. The states declared were Madhya Pradesh, Punjab by merging Patiala & PEPSU, Mumbai was divided in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Union Territories namely Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were approved. |
| 11/6/2000 | Buddhadev Bhattacharya assumes office as West Bengal Chief Minister. |
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