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Historical Event on 3/25/1609
Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. at Pulicat.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/17/1990 | Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people. |
| 10/10/1978 | Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'. |
| 6/6/1935 | Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born. |
| 12/27/1996 | Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award. |
| 10/24/1995 | A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam. |
| 11/24/1881 | Ram Rachhpal, son of Sukhi Ram, called 'Chhotu', freedom fighter, politician and leader, was born in a 'Jat' famlily in a small village Garhi Sampla in Rohpak district. His life was a saga of sincere and ceaseless striving to improve the condition of the poor peasants in India, popularly known as 'Deenbandhu'. |
| 7/20/1991 | Shanmugam, suspect in Rajiv murder case, found dead. |
| 11/23/1926 | Satya Sai Baba, Hindu universalist renaissance charismatic guru, educationalist and worker of miracles, was born. |
| 5/15/1992 | BSE closed. |
| 9/12/1961 | Nalin Vilochan Sharma, great Hindi critic, died. |
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