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Historical Event on 1/25/2000

The Government awards Padma Vibhushan to R.K. Narayan, Dr.M.S. Gill; Padma Bhushan for Rajnikant and Padmashri for A.R. Rehman.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1998Nine Ranbir Sena supporters are killed in an ambush at Rampurchauram village in Bihar's Jehanabad district.
9/2/1970Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi.
5/9/1753Maharaja Surajmal attack on Delhi.
1/15/1999Mi. Pa. Somasundaram (79), writer, poet, litterateur and associate of Rajaji, died in Chennai.
10/10/1995G. R Khairnar, the high profile suspended Deputy Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, was reinstated.
7/27/1941Japanese forces land in Indo-China.
3/22/1949SSC Examination system started.
10/17/1906Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33.
10/19/1910Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
9/3/1992Delhi High Court verdict on Bofors challenged in the Supreme Court.