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Historical Event on 3/25/1996

31st Gyanpith award presented to M.T. Vasudevan Nair at Trivandrum by Dr. Karan Singh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/31/1966Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes.
8/6/1999Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi.
3/1/1990JD secures four-fifth majority in Orissa Assembly elections; Biju Patnaik becomes the new CM.
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust
11/3/1996Deve Gowda, PM, to attend G-15 summit in Harare. This was his first foreign trip as PM.
9/19/1991Lok Sabha passes unanimously the Places of Worship Special Provisions Bill for maintaining the status quo of religious places as on 1947.
1/4/1999Karnataka's Farah Khan made it three-in-a-row in the National ladies billiards championship in Delhi.
5/1/1997Anand wins all three categories in Amber chess tournament in Monte Carlo.
6/30/1834Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).
4/20/2000A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.