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Historical Event on 7/25/2000

Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/19/1999New Governors for Bihar, West Bengal, Goa, Manipur and Punjab are named by the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
3/7/1921Kulwant Singh Virk, famous Hindi writer and journalist, was born.
5/2/1907Riots break out in Rawalpindi and East Bengal, spreading to the Punjab.
10/10/1896Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, was born at Jorhat, Assam.
6/17/1913Waman Vasudev Chitle (Bal Chitle), Marathi story writer and editor, was born.
5/28/1950Bhagwaticharan, great revolutionary, passed away.
2/15/1997Conference of Inter-Parliamentary Union in New Delhi.
4/18/1978Sardar Sobha Singh, famous builder of modern New Delhi, passed away at the age of 90.
3/28/1997Final phase of repatriation of Chakma and other tribal refugees of the Chittagong Hill Tracts from Tripura begins.
5/26/1993The Centre decides to implement the Mandal Commission recommendation to provide 27\% reservation for the socially and educationally backward classes in the Central Services from 15th June.