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Historical Event on 5/25/1941
5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/8/1937 | R. Gundurao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka and senior leader of Indira Congress, was born. |
| 3/20/1992 | Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the 'Bharat Ratna' Award at Calcutta. |
| 1/14/1998 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916). |
| 3/14/1910 | Dalai Lama makes a rare state visit to the Viceroy of Calcutta. |
| 7/22/1875 | Nandkishor Bal, great Oria poet, novelist and critic, was born. |
| 1/1/1931 | Gopi Chand Narang, great educationist and Urdu scholar, was born at Dukki. |
| 1/3/1880 | Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started. |
| 9/8/1947 | There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood. |
| 9/24/1922 | Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah. |
| 2/22/1997 | India, Turkmenistan and Iran sign transit agreement. |
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