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Historical Event on 1/25/1948
French 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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/25/1987 | Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) retired from the post of seventh President. |
| 12/17/1971 | Ceasefire between India & Pakistan in Kashmir and end of Indo-Pak war. |
| 1/9/1919 | Theophane A. Mathias, educationist, was born. |
| 9/12/1962 | Raghav Rangayya, famous Hindi poet, story writer and novelist, died. |
| 3/31/1999 | The PIO card, conferring privileges on persons of Indian origin settled abroad, is formally launched. |
| 7/5/1993 | Air Marshal Swarup Krishna Kaul appointed Chief of Air Staff. |
| 5/7/1912 | Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati novelist and story writer, was born. |
| 12/14/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi joins the leaders of Greece, Sweden, Tanzania, Mexico and Argentina in a tele-conference as part of the UN ceremony at which they are honoured with the 'Beyond War' award. |
| 2/13/1856 | East India Company captured Lucknow along with Avadh Kingdom. |
| 6/17/1991 | Congress and its allies secure absolute majority in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Haryana Assemblies. |
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