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Historical Event on 5/25/1979

Commercial Unity Day started.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/3/1908Bal Gangadhar Tilak was arrested as a traitor by the Britishers.
12/23/2000The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''.
3/24/1995Devchand Somaiyya, famous Table Tennis player, passed away.
12/29/1977World's biggest Drive-In theatre started screening in Bombay.
12/20/1904Virendranarayan Chakravorthy, former Indian Ambassador in England and Governor of Haryana, was born.
2/15/1998Tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati were ranked No. 2 when they won Dubai Open.
8/19/1993Utpal Dutt, famous actor, writer, director and producer, died. He was 64.
2/9/1992Pakistan bans JKLF march.
12/12/1955The President promulgated an ordinance providing the usage of Hindi with English for official purposes of Indian Union. B.G. Kher Commission (under article 344(I) of the Constitution) constituted. Hindi Teaching Scheme was introduced under Ministry of Home Affairs.
7/30/1947The part of Kashmir, North West Frontier Provience (NWFP), was swallowed up by Pakistan. The formality of raising the flag being done in November.