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Historical Event on 1/25/1992

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata (1904-1993).

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/7/1989Sheetal Pandya set up a world record at the age of 5 years.
5/26/1948First ever trade agreement with Pakistan.
6/14/1987Rajiv Gandhi, PM, rules out termination of Rs. 1700 crore Bofors gun deal.
7/12/1920Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
2/13/1970Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48 people at a village 80-km from New Delhi.
1/24/1921T. N. Raina, former Army Chief and High Commissioner of Canada, was born.
6/3/1890Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, was born.
12/31/196199 Infantry Brigade Group, under Brigadier K S Raja, launched operations in Katanga province and regained full control of Katanga amidst stiff resistance offered by a break away faction (Katangese gendarmerie).
4/30/1936Mahatma Gandhi started staying in Sevagram Ashram at Wardha in the Central Provinces, making it his headquarters.
4/3/1991UP Assembly dissolved to pave way for Assembly polls .