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Historical Event on 3/25/1928

S. R. Kulkarni, leader of dock workers, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/20/1996Janaki Ramachandran, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1988), passed away.
7/21/1891Jairamdas Doulatram, great leader, journalist and freedom fighter, was born at Karachi.
12/28/1907Vitthal Narayan Kothiwale, great author, was born at Garoth (Malva).
8/6/1999Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi.
10/10/1978Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'.
5/11/1919Troops 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.
2/24/1996Naresh Chandra appointed India's ambassador to USA.
11/6/2000Richa Mishra creates a national record in the women's 400m individual medley in 5.15.28sec in the 55th Senior National Aquatic championship in Calcutta.
11/6/2000Babur Shah, Mughal Emperior, defeated Afghan Nawab Nasrat Shah, king of Bengal, on the banks of the Gand and the Ghaghra river.
1/29/1976Parliament approves permanent government and censorship of newspapers at New Delhi.