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Historical Event on 7/25/1987

Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) retired from the post of seventh President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1964Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/07/1969.
9/18/1867Ganganendranath Tagore, great painter, patriot and artist, was born in Calcutta.
12/30/1974Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.
3/27/1878Britishers sent Indian soldiers to Malta considering that the Russian would attack.
10/22/1997Faced with unprecedented Presidential rebuff, a divided U.F. Government reversed decision on invoking Article 356 in Uttar Pradesh. Kalyan Singh government survived.
12/5/1943The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port.
8/30/1983Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle.
6/7/1998India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars.
6/7/1998Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal arrived at Cochin as Viceroy of India.
7/10/1965First NCC (National Cadet Corps) College for training girls started at Gwalior.