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Historical Event on 11/25/1999

Baba Amte, a Gandhian and noted social worker, is chosen for the Gandhi Peace Prize.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/11/1955Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.
12/29/1977World's biggest Drive-In theatre started screening in Bombay.
9/22/1999Former Test all-rounder Chandu Borde was re-appointed chairman of National Selection Committee on Day two of the BCCI AGM in Jaipur.
7/29/1979Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
1/10/1998Geet Sethi retains National billiards title in Calcutta.
10/4/1974India in apartheid protest refuses to play South Africa in Davis Cup finals.
3/18/1919Rowlatt Act, intended to perpetuate the extraordinary powers enjoyed by the Government under Lord Chelmsford during the war, provokes countrywide protests. This Rowlatt Act was forced instead of 1915 Indian Security Act which reduced freedom of Indian people.
12/27/1931150 are arrested following 'red shirt' riots in the N.W. Frontier province.
5/19/1911K.N. Vaswani, educationist and Journalist, was born at Hyderabad, Sind.
12/22/1999CPI (M) is against India signing the CTBT.