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Historical Event on 7/25/1982
Gyani Zail Singh became 7th President of India. He held the office till July 25, 1987.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/26/1996 | 47th Republic Day celebrated;Chief Guest was Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil. |
| 10/11/1876 | Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 5/18/1933 | Gandhiji commences at noon 21 days' fast for self-purification; released unconditionally at 9 p.m. |
| 12/5/1943 | The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port. |
| 3/27/1989 | Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 210 to win the Ranji Trophy. |
| 4/30/1947 | The entire nation is stirred by religious strife. |
| 1/21/1963 | Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi. |
| 4/10/1997 | Kerala becomes the first state to have public telephones in all its villages, accessible over STD/ISD from any part of the world. |
| 1/9/1904 | Pratab Singh Chaudhari, social worker, was born at Multan, Punjab . |
| 4/2/1987 | Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards. |
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