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Historical Event on 1/25/1930

Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1895Kali Charan Ghosh, great Hindi writer, was born at Calcutta.
11/23/1990Madhavrao Ganesh (Balasaheb Dixit), founder of daily news paper ""Turun Bharat"", passed away.
3/15/1998Mr. Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. The number of MPs supporting the formation of a government by the BJP stands at 264 in a house of 539, just short of the working majority of 270. However, the President sees the figure as crossing the half-way mark as the Telugu Desam decides to remain neutral. Earlier, the Congress(I) conveys to the President its decision not to stake claim to form a government.
1/5/1893Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), universalist Hindu, great saint, social reformer, writer and litterateur was born at Gorakhpur. He was the renaissance founder of Self Realization Fellowship (1925) in US, author of famed 'Autobiography of a Yogi' (1946), popular book globalizing India's spiritual traditions.
6/6/2000Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai.
5/6/2000Saurav Ganguly wins the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year award 1999-2000.
5/13/1996Lok Sabha election results (534 out of 537) announced, giving BJP (161) the position of the largest single party.
6/6/1990GOI decides to extend validity of passports to 10 years.
10/19/1921Pandurangshastri Athvle, founder of 'Swadhyay Pariwar', was born.
10/1/1958Metric System of weights was introduced in India.