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Historical Event on 1/25/1980

Awards regarding Public Honour were re-started by Goverment of India; Mother Teresa was honoured by Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, etc.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/10/1930In the 'Gandhi Cap Case' in Guntur, the magistrate prohibits wearing of Gandhi caps within a five-mile radius of the town.
12/25/1999An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.
7/3/1991Rupee devalued again from 10.58 to 10.96\% .
10/26/1962After Chinese attack, Emergency and Defence of India Ordinance was declared for the first time in India by the President.
3/21/1997Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura.
5/7/1994Ustad Jahiruddin Dagar Nasir, famous classical singer of Dhrupad-Dhamar, passed away at the age of 62 in Bareilly.
12/11/1845First battle between Britishers and Sikhs. In 1849, Punjab lost its independence. This is referred as the first Anglo-Sikh War.
2/16/1980The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898.
10/15/1943Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away.
9/14/1965Pakistan Air Force bombs Calcutta and Agartala civilian airports.