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Historical Event on 7/25/1997

Kocheril Raman Narayanan (K. R. Narayanan) became the 10th President of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/2/1970President V. V. Giri inaugurated, Vivekanand Rock Memorial' at Kanyakumari.
6/11/1997Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sports persons of the National Games.
3/25/193150 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted.
2/11/2001Objective type paper scheduled in 28 cities in India.
12/28/2000India, Russia sign their biggest yet defence deal for licensed production of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets worth $3 billion.
7/6/1930Balmurlikrishna, famous singer, was born.
4/27/1960Presidential orders were issued on the report of the Committee of Parliament on official Languages which includes issues relating to preparation of terminology (Hindi glossaries, Hindia translation of codes and procedural literature, imparting training in Hindi to employees propagation of Hindi, language of bills, language to be used in the Supreme Court and High Court etc).
5/20/1915Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river) at Ahmedabad.
6/6/199614 Janata Dal legislators revolt in Karnataka against the composition of the J H Patel ministry.
4/8/1759British troops chase French out of Masulipatam, India.