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Historical Event on 1/25/1988
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR (Posthumous) (1917-1987).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/25/1954 | Manvendranath Roy, great patriot, died. |
| 11/29/1916 | Vasant Shridhar Vaidya, great industrialist, was born at Phaltan. |
| 3/24/1974 | Lokprabha weekly started its publication. |
| 2/12/1999 | The Centre dismisses the Rabri Devi Government in Bihar and imposes President's rule. |
| 10/11/1927 | Sarojini Regani, great journalist, was born at Secunderabad. |
| 12/12/1991 | Violence in Karnataka over the centre's notification on Cauvery. |
| 10/11/1902 | Loknayak Jayprakash Harsudayal Narayan, veteran socialist leader, was born at Sitabdiara village (border of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) in Bihar. He was awarded Bharat Ratna on Dec. 23, 1998 and played a key role in formation of Janta Party which defeated Indian National Congress for the first time. |
| 5/7/1994 | Sunit Khatau, famous industrialist and textile magnet in Mumbai and owner of Khatau Group, was murdered. He was 55. |
| 12/9/1992 | More than 700 die in clashes in Ayodhya; BJP bandh partial. |
| 1/21/1969 | First India built electronic digital computer commissioned. |
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