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Historical Event on 6/25/1900

Louis Mountbatten, last British Voiceroy and first Governor General of independent India, was born at England.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/5/1922Gandhiji, following Chauri Chaura (U.P.) tragedy in which 22 police constables and one sub-inspector were burnt to death by a mob, fasts for five days and abandons plan of satyagraha movement.
1/26/1931Gandhiji was unconditionally released from prison.
2/14/1999Fifth National Games inaugurated at Imphal.
6/13/1973Sir Ram Nath Chopra, great professor of Pharmacology of National Drug Research Institute of India, passed away.
4/27/1705Aurangzeb captured the Fort of Vagingera.
11/6/1997Chief Executives of public sector banks and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, after a meeting in New Delhi, decide to grant greater administrative autonomy to select public sector banks.
4/17/1975Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's second president, died at Madras.
3/3/1885Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt).
5/25/1990Jag Mohan, J&K Governor, resigns. Girish Chandra Saxena appointed new Governor.
10/15/1996H.D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, launched the concluding ceremony of the 85th year of ICMR at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. He also gave away the ICMR Prizes and Awards (1994-95) to outstanding bio-medical scientists of India.