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Historical Event on 12/25/1921
Mass boycott greets the Prince of Wales when he arrives in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/18/1938 | Shashi Kapoor, famous film producer, director, actor and dramatist, was born in Calcutta. He has made sucessful films like Junoon, Kaliyug, Heat and Dust, etc. |
| 5/7/1889 | Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, was born. |
| 9/19/1704 | Guru Govind Singh died. |
| 3/13/1996 | Wills World Cup Cricket semi final (India vs Sri Lanka) at Calcutta abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. Sri Lanka enters final. |
| 7/29/1994 | Opposition stalls parliament proceedings over the 'Action Taken Report' on JPC finding. |
| 10/27/1999 | The Archbishop of Delhi rules out Pope John Paul II's dialogue with the VHP during his visit to India in November. |
| 11/18/1974 | Telex Service started between India and Pakistan. |
| 7/7/1905 | Six Language penel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note changed to Red with Special text mentioned, 'At any office of issue not situated in Burma'. |
| 11/1/1985 | Helicopter Corporation of India, later renamed Pawan Hans Limited, started functioning. |
| 1/30/1948 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting. |
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