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Historical Event on 1/25/1995
India and South Africa sign three pacts to forge special ties.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/4/1995 | The fourth ASLV-D4 blasts off from Sriharikota, successfully placing the SROSS-C2 satellite in orbit. |
| 9/29/1996 | Water from Krishna river (AP) released for Madras. |
| 7/10/1927 | Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults. |
| 2/18/1918 | Gopal Krishna Adig, modern Kannad poet, was born. |
| 1/3/1952 | India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization. |
| 12/10/1999 | Dara Singh, the prime accused in the killing of Australian missionary, again gives a slip to police. |
| 11/24/1941 | Attack on Pearl Harbour. |
| 10/16/1968 | Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene. |
| 7/10/1997 | Rafiq Sadiq, Congress(I) leader, escapes attempt on life when armed militants ambush motorcade near Achabal in South Anantnag, Kashmir valley. |
| 8/28/1972 | General Insurance Business was nationalised. |
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