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Historical Event on 7/25/2000
P.T. Usha,Star Indian athlete, announces retirement from International athletics at a press conference in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/25/2000 | The Government agrees to the bifurcation of the Telecom Ministry. |
| 12/30/1949 | India recognizes People's Republic of China. |
| 6/6/1916 | Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary. |
| 3/14/1963 | Jainarain Vyas, freedom fighter, leader, social reformer, patriot and a noble son of India, passed away. |
| 10/2/1954 | Chandernagar, former under French possession, was made a part of West Bengal. |
| 9/30/1997 | Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff. |
| 6/1/1959 | N.G. Ranga resigned from the Indian National Congress and took up the leadership of the newly formed Swatantra Party. |
| 10/12/1935 | Shivraj Vishwanath Patil, former Speaker of Lok Sabha, was born |
| 1/24/1995 | 3,400 meter long tunnel at Barcem piercing through the Karmali Ghat in Canacona taluka on the Konkan railway route in Goa completed at an approximate cost of Rs. 50 million. |
| 7/20/1990 | GOI notifies restrictions on liberal import policy announced earlier. The restrictions will cut the import bill by about Rs. 1000 crore. |
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