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Historical Event on 1/25/1999

Dr. R. Chidambaram, nuclear scientist, among the 14 distinguished personalities chosen for Padma Vibhushan. Sachin Tendulkar and Ruskin Bond get Padma Shri.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1980Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi.
8/17/1994Opposition ends Parliament boycott.
3/19/1972India and Bangladesh singed mutual aid treaty for peace and friendship for 25 years.
4/6/1968Indira Gandhi,PM, inaugurated the construction of Bokaro Steel Plant.
7/1/1947British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power.
7/1/1947Sikh Guru Amardasji, great social worker and teacher, was born at Basare village near Amritsar district.
6/8/1948Malabar Princess', Air India's first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service was started between India to United Kingdom.
2/5/1992Ajit Singh elected 'real J.D.' President.
11/11/1675Aurangzeb executes Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur thus beginning the Sikh-Muslim feud that continues to this day.
3/18/1919Rowlatt Act, intended to perpetuate the extraordinary powers enjoyed by the Government under Lord Chelmsford during the war, provokes countrywide protests. This Rowlatt Act was forced instead of 1915 Indian Security Act which reduced freedom of Indian people.