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Historical Event on 7/25/1813
First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/19/1993 | German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President. |
| 8/19/1916 | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India, was born. |
| 9/28/1837 | Bahadur Shah-II ascended the throne and became the emperor of Delhi at the age of 62 following the death of his father Akbar Shah-II. |
| 9/20/1921 | Pamanmal Hazari Punjabi, right-hand batsman (164 runs in five tests vs Pakistan in 1954-55), was born at Karachi. |
| 9/8/1960 | Feroz Gandhi, a prominent member of the Lok Sabha,died in New Delhi. |
| 7/1/1913 | Kumarmanglam Parasshiv Prabhakar, former Chief of Indian Army, was born. |
| 11/7/1995 | India opens second consulate in UK in Glasgow (first being at Birmingham). |
| 8/11/1997 | 135 persons killed in flash floods in Shimla & Kiannaur districts of Himachal Pradesh. |
| 5/5/1993 | Balak Brahmachari, [Marxist Godman], famous Indian guru, passed away at 73 yrs. |
| 8/15/1947 | Indian Independence Day. |
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