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Historical Event on 7/25/1813
First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
| 11/20/1999 | P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is honoured by the French Government. |
| 7/5/1994 | Kiran Bedi, Delhi IG, wins Magsaysay Award. |
| 6/14/1905 | Smt. Hirabai Barodekar, famous veteran Maharashtrian classical singer, was born. |
| 3/31/1935 | 374 infants wed at a mass ceremony. |
| 3/26/1993 | Surajkund AICC okays dual posts for Narasimha Rao. |
| 2/4/1757 | Lord Clive remained unsuccessful after sending two ambassadors to make treaty with Siraj -Ud -Daula, while he was marching towards Calcutta. |
| 4/16/1930 | Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, was arrested by British police. |
| 2/25/1970 | Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, passed away. |
| 12/3/1998 | Maganbhai Kasundra, (50), Gujarat Minister, dies following a heart attack at his residence in Gandhinagar. |
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