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Historical Event on 5/25/1877

Sir John Lawrence--passenger steamer of McLean & Co. of Calcutta--sank near the coastline of Orrisa in a storm. This ship carried 732 passengers.

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7/25/1929Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born.
8/22/1919Girijakumar Mathur, famous modern Hindi poet, was born.
7/21/1963Kashi Vidyapeeth was given recognisation as University.
11/11/1991Supreme Court declares the Anti-Defection Law as constitutional but holds that decisions of Presiding Officers under the law could be subjected to judicial review.
4/2/1992Agajan Baig (Aga), famous Hindi film actor, passed away.
2/22/1996Indian police charge 14 more politicians in corruption scandal that has already led to resignations from the Prime Minister Narasimha Rao's govt.
1/29/1998Suicide by more than 50 farmers reported in the Telangana region in the past few days.
4/15/1980Six more private sector banks nationalized.
11/9/1909The Times reports failure of Gandhi Government negotiations on Transvaal laws.
1/1/1967Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs West Indies cancelled by riots.