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Historical Event on 1/25/1995
India and South Africa sign three pacts to forge special ties.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/22/1907 | Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organized a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute popular bill passed by the new Boer government of the Transvaal Colony. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations. However, the government expressed the belief that the ordinance was popular. ""Over 90 percent of the white people thoroughly approve of it,"" said Sir Gilbert Parker, a Conservative member of Parliament. |
6/15/1991 | General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won. |
12/22/1994 | Sunil Gavaskar takes oath of office as the Sheriff of Bombay. |
5/1/1977 | Janata Party was established. |
5/5/1992 | Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched. |
7/15/1955 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) by the President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad. |
12/23/1930 | The British governor of Punjab was wounded in an assassination attempt. |
10/10/1998 | Uzma Khan and Nitin Kirtane bag the women's and men's crowns in the national tennis championships in Delhi. |
6/17/1824 | Bureau of Indian Affairs established. |
5/16/1945 | Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away. |
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