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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
12/11/1987Rajiv Government defeats the first ever no-confidence motion.
2/7/1992Shalki', the first submarine designed in India, joined Indian Navy.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
12/5/1999India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World.
7/13/1997A mob, allegedly of Shiv Sainiks, attacks and ransacks official residences of Congress leaders Chagan Bhujbal and Madhukar Pichad (Assembly).
9/9/1999Mahesh Bhupathi and Ai Sugiyama won the mixed doubles title in the U.S. Open.
8/16/1991Indian Airliner Boeing 737 crashes in Manipur's Churachandpur district killing all 69 aboard.
10/21/1943Azad Hind Government was established in Singapore and Netaji Subhashchandra Bose was elected as its national leader.
11/1/1967Old Punjab, after first partition in 1947, was again seperated into two new states of Punjab and Haryana on linguistic basis, and Chandigarh became a Union Territory.
2/16/1962General Election ( 3rd) of India begins.