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Historical Event on 1/25/1992

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata (1904-1993).

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/17/1998BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes.
4/14/1952Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated.
6/15/1908Stock Exchange of Calcutta was opened of Baldeodas Daduawala and Overened.
12/13/1978Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.
1/15/1998Gulzari Lal Nanda, Gandhian freedom fighter and twice acting Prime Minister in 1964 and 1966, died in Ahmedabad at the age of 100 years.
9/11/1893Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions, the first ever inter-faith gathering, dramatically enlightening Western opinion to the depth of Hindu philosophy and culture. He spoke for the first time in Chicago.
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh becomes a full-fledged 18th Indian Union state.
10/19/1875The first section from Hathras Road to Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic.
1/14/1946Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.
10/12/1995Inderjit Gupta re-elected General Secretary of CPI.