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Historical Event on 7/25/1997

Kocheril Raman Narayanan (K. R. Narayanan) became the 10th President of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/9/1922Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called ""Coenzymea"", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley.
4/6/1985Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final.
1/23/1972Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party; 100 die in New Delhi.
2/25/1938Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay.
1/31/1976Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, PVSM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
4/19/1993Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle.
11/25/2000Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Governments agree on a ""unified command'' for the STF operations against Veerappa
1/6/1972America declared Naval Drill in the Indian Ocean.
11/2/1999The Delhi HC dismisses a plea against Sonia Gandhi seeking deletion of her name from the register of Indian citizenship.
1/1/1975Shankarrao Vasudev Kirloskar, famous iindustrialist, died.