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Historical Event on 1/25/1983

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Acharya Vinobha Bhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982).

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1983Violence between Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Singhalese in Sri Lanka marks beginning of Tamil rebellion by Tiger freedom fighters demanding an independent nation called Eelam. Prolonged civil war results.
11/30/1915Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died.
7/5/1917'Hindumashinary Society' was established by Gajanan Bhaskar Vaidya.
8/16/1932Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.
11/13/1995The Supreme Court in an unanimous 65-page verdict declares that patients who received deficient services from the medical profession and hospitals were entitled to claim damages under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.
4/13/1948Bhuvaneshwar became the capital of Orissa.
4/8/1998India enters into a historical partnership with France with the formal launch of a joint programme for restoring and protecting the Taj Mahal.
3/22/1915Dr. Nagendra, famous hindi critic, was born.
2/19/1949Mass arrests of communists in India.
11/1/1954French handed over their territories of Pondicherry, Mahe, Karikal and Yanon to the Government of India.