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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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/17/1863 | Sayajirao Gaekwad of Baroda was born. |
| 9/20/1856 | Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste. |
| 1/30/1999 | Gopinath Bordoloi was awarded the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, The Highest Civilian Award in India. 1999. |
| 12/21/1952 | Saifuddin Kitchlu awarded the Lenin Peace Prize of U.S.S.R. Award. He was the first Indian to receive this honour. |
| 3/27/1977 | N. Sanjeeva Reddy elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. |
| 10/19/1954 | Nehru and Mao meet in Peking. |
| 10/10/1990 | Following political uncertainties in the wake of Veerendra Patil's decision to stay on in defiance of Congress Party's decision, President's rule was imposed in Karnataka. |
| 5/24/2000 | The Supreme Court rejects the proposal for setting up benches outside Delhi. |
| 4/24/1888 | Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, was born at Hajo. |
| 11/29/1961 | First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India. |
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