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Historical Event on 7/25/2000

Two 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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/21/1997First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.
6/30/1914Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa.
2/16/1997Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura.
5/1/2000Bidyut Ganguly (64), veteran CPI(M) leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister, died of severe burns in Calcutta.
12/17/1959Pattabhi Sitaramayya, president of Indian National Congress and politician, died at the age of 78.
9/15/1947Gandhi deplores the idea of population transfer.
8/17/1998The Government issues a notification banning the use of quinacrine, a controversial female contraceptive and sterilization agent.
8/17/1998Muiz ud din Qaiqabad, was the tenth sultan of the Mamluk dynasty (Slave dynasty), was killed in his bed. He was proved to be an inefficient ruler.
5/22/1953Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Darjeeling and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand were the first to conquer the Mount Everest (World).
7/29/1998The Pratapsingh Rane Ministry in Goa is dismissed. The Governor instals Dr. Wilfred Desouza as Chief Minister.