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Historical Event on 1/25/1999

Dr. R. Chidambaram, nuclear scientist, among the 14 distinguished personalities chosen for Padma Vibhushan. Sachin Tendulkar and Ruskin Bond get Padma Shri.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/1907Gulam Mohamad Bakshi, former Prime Minister Jammu and Kashmir, was born.
12/19/1999The President and the Prime Minister express shock over the bid to assassinate the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga.
10/11/1894Sudhirranjan Das, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
10/11/1894Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
4/29/1960Pandit Balkrishna Sarma ''Navin'', famous Hindi poet of modern era, passed away.
11/29/1798Neplus Naresh Fardinad Chaturth announced that they will fight against France.
7/4/1986Sunil Gavaskar celebrated his 115th Test in cricket at Edgbaston.
2/24/199525 jawans die in an explosion in Brahmaputra Mail near Nilalong station about 200 km from Guwahati.
10/9/2000A special court convicts former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha and her associate Sasikala and sentences them to undergo three years imprisonment and two years rigorous imprisonment in two 'Tansi land deal' cases.
10/28/1964Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, passed away.