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Historical Event on 1/25/1824
Micheal Madhusudan Dutta, Bengali poet and dramatist, was born in Sagardari village of Jessore district.
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| 12/29/1983 | Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs West Indies. |
| 4/13/1984 | India beat Pak by 58 runs to win the first Cricket Asia Cup in Sharjah. |
| 1/16/1941 | Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born. |
| 11/14/1993 | Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away. |
| 8/17/1998 | National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages. |
| 8/17/1998 | Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India. |
| 5/11/1919 | Troops under General Barrett inflicted a sharp reverse today on the invading Afghans at Bagh Springs. The whole of the frontier area was up in arms with tribesmen threatening Landi Khotal and martial law being proclaimed in Peshawar. It was expected however that General Barrett, well equipped with guns and airplanes, would soon control the situation. Reports had been reaching London for some time about the possibility of an Afghan incursion following the murder of the pro-British Emir Habibullah. His third son, Amanullah Khan, who took over the throne, was known to be hostile toward the government of India. |
| 6/20/1921 | Tilak University was established. |
| 11/27/1998 | India retains the Asia Cup tennis championship in Delhi beating Uzbekistan 2-1 in the final. |
| 8/17/1997 | Leander-Mahesh duo wins International ATP doubles in Connecticut. |
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