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Historical Event on 5/25/1954

Maharshee Rajratna 'Manikrao' (Gajanan Yashwant Manik), physical expert, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/6/1990Bhalchandra Tryambak Randive, senior Marxist leader and founder President of WTU, died.
1/14/1851Peshwa Bajirao Raghunath, last Peshwa of Marathas, passed away at Brahmawart.
6/21/1906Vyomeshchandra Banerjee, first president of All India Congress, passed away.
7/31/1865Jagannath Sunkersett, great social worker, educationist and sculptor of modern Mumbai, passed away at the age of 62.
7/5/1658Aurangzeb arrested Murad.
12/9/1997Dr. K. Shivarama Karanth (95), doyen of Kannada literature and Jnanpith Award winner, died in Manipal.
6/28/1975Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions.
4/16/1997Govt. orders foreign and domestic airlines to install air safety systems by the end of 1998. Aircraft with more than 30 seats that do not have Airborne Collision Avoidance System and transponders not to be allowed into Indian airpace from 1/1/99.
11/21/1947First Stamp of Independent India was released
1/6/1664Chhatrapati Shivaji attacked on Surat.