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Historical Event on 3/25/1911

L. D. Swamikannu publishes ""Manual of Indian Chronology"" in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
7/1/1989New Governors were appointed in five states. Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao became Governor for J&K.
5/7/1849Bethune College of Calcutta was established in the upper class families and it was started for female education.
6/12/1952J&K Assembly decided to terminate hereditary monarchy.
6/20/1756A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.
12/25/1880Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, a nationalist Muslim leader, politician and journalist, was born at Yusufpur in Uttar Pradesh.
5/13/1916Vasudev Mahadev Salgaonkar, great Industrialist, was born.
5/25/1877Sir John Lawrence--passenger steamer of McLean & Co. of Calcutta--sank near the coastline of Orrisa in a storm. This ship carried 732 passengers.
1/5/1952John Hope Victor Alexander, Viceroy of India (1936-43), died at the age of 64.
10/1/1990Supreme Court stays implementation of Mandal Commission recommendations.