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Historical Event on 7/25/1988

Sikh extremists kill the chief priest of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/30/1994Mrinalini Desai, freedom fighter and famous litterateur, died.
7/5/1658Aurangzeb arrested Murad.
11/6/1962National Defence Council established.
3/31/1995Bombay beat Punjab in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
1/21/1978Nilmoni Phukan, greatest social reformer, prolific writer, poet, editor of 'Dainik Batori', journalist and lawyer, passed away. He participated in the Quit India Movement for which he was arrested.
7/29/1991Vazhappadi K. Ramamurthy, Union Labour Minister, resigns on account of differences on Cauvery water issue.
10/22/1912Gandhiji accompanied Gokhale on tour of South Africa, Laurenco Marques, Mozambique and Zanzibar. He gave up European dress and milk and restricted himself to diet of fresh and dried fruits.
5/17/1897Dhirendra Varma, famous linguist, was born.
3/4/1990Sunderlal Patwa (BJP) and D. Ramachandran (DMK) named CM's of Madhya Pradesh and Pondicherry respectively.
12/29/1885A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay.