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Historical Event on 7/25/1929
Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/4/1858 | J. P. Walker, British Officer, along with 200 prisoners who were mainly from the Indian Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from Calcutta to start a new settlement in the Andaman Islands. |
| 4/24/1858 | Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels. |
| 5/1/1997 | Anand wins all three categories in Amber chess tournament in Monte Carlo. |
| 10/13/1991 | Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee. |
| 8/20/1828 | Brahmo Samaj, the first movement to initiate religio-social reforms, was founded by Ram Mohun Roy (1772-1833) in Calcutta. Influenced by Islam and Christianity, Roy denounced polytheism, idol worship, repudiated the Vedas, avataras, karma and reincarnation, caste and more. The first session of Adi Brahmo Samaj was held in the rented house by Kamal Bose of Chitpore Road in Jorasanko area in Calcutta. |
| 12/3/1970 | Rajendra Agriculture University established at Bihar. |
| 6/14/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi, PM, rules out termination of Rs. 1700 crore Bofors gun deal. |
| 12/1/1911 | Dayarnav Raghunath Kopardekar, founder of ""Indrayani Sahitya Prakashan Sanstha"", was born. |
| 6/1/1959 | The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India. |
| 1/10/1959 | Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi. |
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