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Historical Event on 1/25/1983
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Acharya Vinobha Bhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/20/1957 | Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' is declared the best film at the San Francisco Film Festival. |
| 2/13/1856 | East India Company captured Lucknow along with Avadh Kingdom. |
| 12/15/1997 | Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University. |
| 8/21/1879 | Jahangir Bemanji Petit, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 2/1/1992 | Mohan Choty, comedy film actor, passed away. |
| 3/18/1915 | British Government approved Indian Security Act to have greater control on the Indian people. |
| 5/30/1991 | Uma Shankar Dixit (90) passed away. |
| 9/7/1997 | Banned Maoist Communist Centre guns down at least 30 CPI (M) liberation activists, including district committee members and workers, at Ankendar village, 40 km from the district headquarters of Chatra in Bihar. |
| 6/10/1955 | Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born. |
| 6/13/2000 | Major General Manuel Saavedra of Uruguay appointed Chief Military observer of the U.N. Mission monitoring the LoC in Kashmir. |
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