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Historical Event on 7/25/1997
Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999) retired from the post of 9th President.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/23/1962 | The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979). |
| 12/16/1921 | Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation started tunnel construction under Hoogly river. |
| 2/15/2000 | K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema. |
| 7/6/1944 | Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'. |
| 1/24/1951 | Nehru assails US. demand for UN to name Peking as aggressor in Korea, New Delhi. |
| 12/11/1994 | H.D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader, assumes office as CM of Karnataka. |
| 5/10/1981 | The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay). |
| 4/18/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, constitutes a Group of Ministers to review the national security system in its entirety in the light of the recommendations of the Kargil review committee. |
| 3/6/1962 | Ambika Chakrovorty, great revolutionary and warrior, passed away. |
| 3/17/1769 | To establish the business of English Mill's Cloth, East Indiian Company had imposed various restriction on weavers of Bengal to destroy the Muslim and textile industry in Bengal , which was meant to destroy the Indian cloth and 'malmal' industry. |
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