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Historical Event on 3/25/1996
31st Gyanpith award presented to M.T. Vasudevan Nair at Trivandrum by Dr. Karan Singh.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/30/1947 | The entire nation is stirred by religious strife. |
| 12/24/1993 | Khanprabha Bhaduri, famous Bengali poet and writer, died. |
| 6/21/1948 | C. Rajagopalachari was appointed the first Indian Governor General of Indian union (21/06/1948-25/01/1950). After January 25, 1950, this post was abolished. |
| 10/30/1949 | Pramond Venkatesh Devidas Mahajan was born in Mahaboobnagar (Andhra Pradesh). |
| 8/17/1932 | V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born. |
| 11/16/1835 | Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. She was named Manikarnika and was called 'Manu'. (16 or19). |
| 3/21/1997 | Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura. |
| 5/9/1981 | Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden. |
| 6/15/1991 | About 50% of the 180.3 million electorate cast their votes in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections. |
| 8/16/1980 | Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130. |
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