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Historical Event on 1/25/1983
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Acharya Vinobha Bhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/12/1993 | Lok Sabha okays extension of President's rule in the former BJP-ruled states. |
| 8/7/1905 | The first political documentary ootage was the Great Bengal Partition Movement: Meeting and Procession shot by Jyotish Sarkar and Jamshedji F. Madan in Calcutta. |
| 3/14/1995 | Chandragupta Chaudhary 'Comred ', senior leader of Bhartiya Communist Party, passed away. |
| 10/10/1996 | UP polls throw up a hung assembly. |
| 3/16/1993 | Central government introduces pension scheme for 170 million EPF subscribers. |
| 11/14/1997 | Nisha Millet sets national mark in the 100m freestyle in the national aquatics. |
| 11/14/1997 | Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara. |
| 7/17/1974 | J.P. Narain leads an agitation for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly. |
| 12/25/1926 | Dharmavir Bharti, journalist and editor of Dharmyug, was born. His famous books are ""Gunahon Ka Devta"" and ""Suraj Ka Satwa Ghoda"". |
| 6/2/1953 | Mountaineer Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and his Nepalese Sherpa guide Tensing became the first men to conquer Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. The two reached the pinnacle of Everest, more than 29,000 feet above sea level, at 11.30 a.m. |
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