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Historical Event on 4/25/1955
Syed Mohammad Zamin Ali, great educationist, poet, editor, writer, professor and founder-member of the Hindustani Academy, passed away.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/14/1991 | Chitragupta, famous film music director, passed away. |
9/8/2000 | Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries. |
9/25/1922 | Shri Nath Pai, freedom fighter, Barrister and Member of Parliament, was born in Konkan region of Maharashtra. |
9/22/1687 | Aurangzeb ended Kutubshah kingdom. |
3/23/1940 | All India Muslim League passed resolution for the formation of Muslim homeland i.e. Pakistan. |
5/19/1969 | Cyclone hit Andhra Pradesh claiming 608 lives and rendering 20,000 homeless. |
7/16/1993 | Russia cancels cryogenic rocket deal with India. |
8/12/1928 | The Olympic Games hosted by Amsterdam fully realized Pierre de Coubertin's vision: 'the nations of the world in friendly competition'. After a succession of Olympics dominated by North America and Western Europe, Amsterdam welcomed more than 3,000 competitors. |
2/12/1990 | The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved. |
11/22/1718 | Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, died on the banks of the Sipra at Ujjain. |
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