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Historical Event on 1/25/1954

Manabendranath Roy, famous leader of socialist revolution, passed away at Dehradun.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/24/1936It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.
9/18/2000President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
4/13/1982Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away.
3/18/1944Subhash Chandra Bose formed Azad Hind Fauz and took control of Kohima-Imphal.
12/30/1949India recognizes People's Republic of China.
9/5/1909Phiroze Edulji Palia, left-hand batsman and slow spin bowler, was born in Mumbai. He played in India's first Test at Lord's in 1932.
2/25/1938Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay.
6/3/1924Muthuvel Karunanidhi, politician and playwright, was born in Thirukkuvalai (Thanjavur).
4/9/1756Ali Bardi Khan of Bengal passed away in Murshidabad. His youngest daughter's son Siraj-ud-Daulah was crowned as King of Bengal when he was merely 20 years old after the death of King Tartar.
9/14/1949Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate.