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Historical Event on 7/25/1988
Sikh extremists kill the chief priest of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/11/2000 | Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"". |
| 4/21/1994 | Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film. |
| 3/8/1998 | Indian Airlines operates two international flights with all women crew. |
| 1/14/1938 | Belur Math, new temple, was consecrated in Calcutta. |
| 8/29/1998 | Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi. |
| 5/3/1997 | Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi. |
| 1/2/1991 | Thiruvananthapuram airport declared India's fifth International Airport. |
| 7/29/1998 | The Pratapsingh Rane Ministry in Goa is dismissed. The Governor instals Dr. Wilfred Desouza as Chief Minister. |
| 12/6/1892 | Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, was born at Madurai. |
| 4/16/1997 | G. Kishenchand, former Indian Test cricketer, died. |
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