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Historical Event on 1/25/1999

Dr. R. Chidambaram, nuclear scientist, among the 14 distinguished personalities chosen for Padma Vibhushan. Sachin Tendulkar and Ruskin Bond get Padma Shri.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/5/1990Dr. Rajkumar Varma, famous Hindi journalist and playwright, died.
3/23/1994Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev.
5/2/1996Controversial godman Chandraswami arrested and sent to high security Tihar jail on a day's judicial custody by a Delhi court for allegedly cheating NRI businessman Lakhubhai Pathak of $1 lakh in 1983.
9/29/2000The Government raises the prices of petroleum products across- the-board while cutting import and excise duties on crude oil, diesel and motor spirit (petrol).
4/3/1999India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana.
1/4/1906Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
11/8/1927Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan).
8/3/1900Nana Patil, great revolutionary, was born.
3/21/1957India's national calender came into force.
7/15/1967Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, passed away.