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Historical Event on 1/25/1950

The post of the Governor General of India was abolished.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/2000Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service.
7/11/1973India frees 438 Pakistani prisoners on medical grounds.
1/23/1997Statue of Subhash Bose unveiled inside Parliament House.
1/25/1948French India Peoples' Convention, Pondicherry, passed a resolution for complete merger of the French India with the Dominion of India. - G. V. Mavlankar was elected the first Speaker of the Indian Parliament.
7/11/1832British Parliament finally rejected to remove the appeal of Hindus puritans against Sutee abolition, as demanded by tradional orthodox Indians.
5/5/1946Simla Conference in session from May 5 to May 12; Gandhiji's deliberations prove anfractuous.
2/19/1993Salseng C. Marak sworn in as the Congress-I CM in Meghalaya.
1/1/1880Money order system was introduced.
1/29/1997Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'.
1/29/1997Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara.