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Historical Event on 12/25/1972

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1934Nearly 20,000 lives were claimed in a tremendous earthquake measured 8.4 on the Ricther Scale, in Bihar and parts of Nepal. Munger City was completely destroyed.
7/10/1996Budget session of Parliament begins.
5/5/1903Former minister William Petty declares Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India.
10/16/1994IRS P-2 successfully placed in orbit.
9/29/19881988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces.
2/20/1999Mr. Vajpayee travels to Lahore on the inaugural run of the bus between New Delhi and Lahore.
6/3/1998The naval version of the surface-to-air missile, Trishul, is test-fired in Kochi.
2/10/1902Hemraj, politician, was born at Dera Gopipur, (H.P.).
9/16/1995Prime Minister inducts 16 new members into his Council of Ministers and elevates three deputy ministers to the rank of Ministers of State.
4/26/1895Guru Baksha Singh, modern Punjabi litterateur was born.