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Historical Event on 12/25/1924
Atal Krishna Behari Bajpayee, Prime Minister of India and a veteran journalist, was born at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/6/1997 | Army confirms social activist Sanjay Ghose's death who was abducted by ULFA. |
| 9/17/1997 | Kalpakkam Mini Reactor (KAMINI), the only U-233 fuelled operating reactor in the world, attains maximum capacity of 30 KW. |
| 2/16/1968 | Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon along with their wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. |
| 7/24/1989 | A majority of opposition members in Lok Sabha resign on the issue of C & AG report on Bofors gun deal. |
| 1/26/1926 | V. G. Kanitkar, famous Marathi literatteur, was born. |
| 11/5/1996 | Madhavrao Scindia rejoins Congress. |
| 8/7/1988 | N. T. Ramarao elected chairman and V.P. Singh the convenor of the National Front. |
| 12/10/1969 | Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born crop expert, whose research on new strains of high-yielding rice and wheat has led to a Green Revolution in developing countries, was awarded the Nobel peace prize today. Working at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico since 1944, Borlaug, 56, has directed a team of agronomists working on the development of new crop plant strains that have allowed Third World farmers to multiply yields dramatically. His organization has trained farm technicians from 29 countries, including India, Pakistan and Turkey, enabling them to move steadily toward the goal of self-sufficiency in food production. |
| 9/1/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi undertakes a fast for unity among Hindus and Muslims. He breaks the fast after 73 hours when peace is restored. |
| 2/28/1859 | Surbhi, farmer lady of Dholi Bavli, Central India, who was arrested for helping her son Bheema Nayak in the freedom movement and was jailed in Mahamandaleshwar jail, passed away. |
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