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Historical Event on 12/25/1974
Indian Aeroplane Jumbo 747 was hijacked and taken over to Rome.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/2/1915 | Khushvant Singh, famous journalist, was born. |
| 10/10/1978 | Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'. |
| 4/3/1978 | Pandit Hridaynath Kunzru, social reformer, politician, passed away. He contributed greatly to public life, fighting against caste system, untouchability etc. He was closely affiliated to the 'Servants of India Society' with Ghokhaleji. He even declined to accept the ""Bharat Ratna"" award conferred on him. |
| 1/1/1980 | This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"". |
| 1/22/1973 | Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away. |
| 6/6/1935 | Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born. |
| 12/10/1990 | Dr. L. P. Barbosa, Goa CM, resigns following withdrawal of support by Maharashta Gomantak Party. |
| 8/5/1909 | Dwijhans Kalika Prasad Dixit, great poet and educationist, was born at Gram Dedani in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 6/11/1964 | Dr. Jayant Narlikar, great mathematician of India, submitted his thesis to Royal Society of London. |
| 1/18/1932 | Shyam Nandan Kishore, great educationist, was born at Muzaffarpur. |
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