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Historical Event on 3/25/1997

Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/15/1949Uloor S. Parmeswara Iyer, famous poet, writer, editor and literature, died. He was 72.
1/28/1984Dozen's of Sikh Militants arrested in India's troubled Punjab State after terrorists killed 3 people and injured 31 in grenade attack.
5/1/1997Abhijit Kunte wins National `A' chess championshop for men.
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
10/19/1983Union Government takes over the management of 13 textile undertakings in Bombay; marathon strike in cotton textile industry ends.
5/30/1987Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
5/25/1965Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas.
7/2/1997Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India.
12/4/1997World Bank commits to Haryana a loan of $600 millions (about Rs. 2,350 crores) - largest single bank loan to any State.
5/15/1995PM Rao reaches New York for a week-long visit.