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Historical Event on 7/25/1995

India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95).

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/28/1967Pandurang Mahadev Bapat ""Senapati Bapat"", revolutionary and social reformer, passed away at the age of 89. He led the famous ""Mulshi Satyagraha"" and played a significant role in the struggle for Samyukta Maharashtra and took part in Goa liberation movement.
11/22/1872Meera Behn (Medlin Slade), freedom fighter, was born at England.
9/20/1942Kanak Lata Barua, a yound child who tried to host the national flag at Goupur police station in Assam with the help of 500 people, was shot by the police station incharge.
10/30/1908Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar, freedom fighter and social worker, was born at Pasumpon village, Tamil Nadu.
6/13/1731Swedish East India Company was formed. For 15 years King Fredrick of Sweden gave the Company a charter.
7/3/1985Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1988.
4/28/1993Troops storm police complex in Srinagar and free officials from the rebelling 2000 policemen.
8/13/1995Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar.
5/2/1907Riots break out in Rawalpindi and East Bengal, spreading to the Punjab.
6/4/1972First Environment Day.