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Historical Event on 1/25/1917
Captain P.K. Sahgal, freedom fighter who attended Indian Military Academy course at Dehradun, was born at Hoshiarpur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/23/1946 | Kailasham Tyagraj Paramshiv, famous Kannada dramatist, passed away. |
| 8/3/1991 | About 280 kgs of gold ornaments valued at $15 million, which had been deposited in the Portuguese bank in Goa by its natives, flown back to India. |
| 1/27/1984 | First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam. |
| 5/15/1949 | Matsya Union formally merged with Greater Rajasthan. |
| 1/22/1963 | The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun. |
| 4/18/1992 | Russia suspends transfer of rocket technology to India. |
| 5/8/1959 | Dalai Lama will not be allowed to campaign for Tibetan independence in India. India wants to maintain friendly relations with Communist China. |
| 5/7/1950 | 81 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected. |
| 2/17/1994 | Former US Congressman Stephan Solarz named Ambassador of India. |
| 8/11/1984 | A cloud of toxic chemicals escaped from a Union Carbide plant near Charleston, West Virginia, this morning, and at least 135 residents were treated for eye, throat, and lung irritation. Last December, methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a Union Carbide plant in India, killing 2,000 people. No MIC escaped today, plant officials said. Aldicarb oxime, a much less toxic gas, is declared as one constituent of the gas cloud. |
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