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Historical Event on 12/25/1979
Opening day of Fourth Test Cricket, India 8-112 v Pakistan at Kanpur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/11/1888 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter, was born in Mecca. He was an outspoken champion of rationalism and progressiveness in all spheres of Indian life. |
| 6/27/2000 | Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, launches National Initiative for child protection of which childline is an integral part. |
| 4/15/1984 | Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India. |
| 10/23/1943 | Netaji Subash Chandra Bose inaugurated the Rani Jhansi Brigade in Azad Hind Army and announced war against the British Empire. |
| 12/23/1998 | Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour. |
| 6/20/1911 | Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter and former cabinet minister, died. |
| 9/25/1857 | Lucknow relief by Havelock & Outram begins. |
| 4/18/1930 | Surya Sen alias Masterda attacked on Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army. |
| 6/2/1756 | Fort William, the English stronghold in Bengal, was surrendered to Siraj-ud-Daulah. |
| 8/3/1930 | Vyanktesh Bapuji Ketkar, famous astrologist and researcher, died. |
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