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Historical Event on 7/25/1997

Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999) retired from the post of 9th President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/19/1919Omprakash Mehra, former Indian Air Chief Marshal and former Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
6/7/1965Ashutosh Kali, great revolutionary, passed away.
10/22/1929Air Mail Series Stamps were issued. These stamps were of denominations of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 12 annas.
7/4/1997Mumbai High Court directs BMC to reinstate G.R. Khairnar, the iconoclastic Dy. Municipal Commissioner suspended in `94 and removed from service in October 1996.
6/24/1990President R. Venkataraman issues notification formally constituting an Inter-State Council.
6/3/1915Sir' knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government.
2/24/1922Kanwar Rai Singh, cricketer (batted at MCG Test for India 1948), was born in Darkati, Punjab.
5/9/1993S. Mulgaokar, 82, journalist, passed away.
5/9/1993Surdas (1483-1563), blind Hindi bard and singer of Agra whose hymns to Krishna are compiled in the 'Sursagar', was born in Sihi village near Delhi.
12/3/1979Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.