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Historical Event on 6/25/1658
6th Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb arrested his father Shahjahan and put him in Agra Fort Jail.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/23/1814 | Sir Alexander Canningham, Indian Archeologist, was born. |
| 1/23/1814 | Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2). |
| 9/30/1900 | Mohommad Ali Chhagla, former central minister, was born. |
| 9/12/1899 | Vibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, world famous Bengali novelist, was born. |
| 2/11/1977 | B.D.Jathi became the second acting President of India. |
| 7/3/1838 | Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of `Prarthana Samaj', was born. |
| 1/22/1986 | Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted. |
| 11/14/1993 | Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away. |
| 5/13/1962 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963). |
| 8/1/1931 | Bhairabh Ganguly, cricket test umpire for 5 tests from 1981-85, was born at Bengal. |
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