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Historical Event on 11/25/1999

Baba Amte, a Gandhian and noted social worker, is chosen for the Gandhi Peace Prize.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/10/1900Jayantnath Chaudhary, former General of Indian Army General, was born.
7/11/1994Delhi IG (prisons) Kiran Bedi wins Magsaysay Award for public service.
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
12/11/1968Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
12/9/1989Shyama Charan Shukla sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
11/12/1959Keshavrao Marutirao Jedhe, great leader of Harijans and farmers, passed away.
11/15/2000Congress(I) gives a thumping mandate to Sonia Gandhi.
8/20/1955Jawaharlal Nehru breaks off relations with the Portuguese after the invasion of Goa by Indian nationalists.
12/30/1971Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, famous nuclear scientist, died.
5/29/1957Satish Kumar Sareen graduated from the first batch of the JSW and went onto the AFFC for flying training.