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Historical Event on 12/25/1876
Mohamad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/26/1874 | Ishwar Sharan Munshi, politician and philosopher, was born. |
| 4/7/1929 | England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India. |
| 7/22/1992 | The Supreme Court asks UP Government to halt construction in Ayodhya. |
| 12/10/1969 | Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born crop expert, whose research on new strains of high-yielding rice and wheat has led to a Green Revolution in developing countries, was awarded the Nobel peace prize today. Working at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico since 1944, Borlaug, 56, has directed a team of agronomists working on the development of new crop plant strains that have allowed Third World farmers to multiply yields dramatically. His organization has trained farm technicians from 29 countries, including India, Pakistan and Turkey, enabling them to move steadily toward the goal of self-sufficiency in food production. |
| 12/1/1994 | Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. |
| 11/12/1984 | Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President. |
| 2/20/1993 | Government decides to form an Autonomous Council for the tribals within Assam to solve Bodo issue. |
| 2/4/1946 | Dr. Satnarayan Nathulal Jatiya was born in Jawad, Distt. Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh). |
| 4/18/1959 | Premier Chou En-lai insists Tibetan Dalai Lama was abducted to India. |
| 4/2/1933 | Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj, jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, passed away. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the King of a great game"". He scored 989 Test runs with a 1st-class avg. 56. |
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