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Historical Event on 7/25/1997
Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999) retired from the post of 9th President.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/17/1910 | Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India), was born in Bombay. |
| 9/4/1880 | Bhupendranath Dutt, Bengali litterateur and politician, was born. |
| 10/26/1943 | Cholera epidemic killed 2,155 people in the third week of October at Calcutta. |
| 3/25/1996 | 31st Gyanpith award presented to M.T. Vasudevan Nair at Trivandrum by Dr. Karan Singh. |
| 9/12/1962 | Raghav Rangayya, famous Hindi poet, story writer and novelist, died. |
| 4/20/1973 | Rioting over food shortages ends after three days in Nagpur. |
| 2/14/1922 | Bhimsen Joshi, great singer and composer, was born. |
| 2/3/1984 | Ravindra Mhatre, great Indian diplomat who was kidnapped in England, was murdered. |
| 11/19/1977 | Cyclone hits Andhra Pradesh causing flooding and tidal waves and killing 10,000. |
| 7/31/1940 | Udham Singh, fiery revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by the British Government in the Pantone Villa Jail, London. |
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