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Historical Event on 12/25/1972

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away.

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12/7/1993BJP leaders Advani, Joshi and Kalyan Singh arrested in connection with Ayodhya demolition case.
10/31/1997Balmiki Prasad Singh takes over as Union Home Secretary. He succeeds K. Padmanabhaiah.
8/1/1920Bipin Chandra Pal opposed to the Non Co-operation Movement and retired from politics, but movement was approved by Congress.
9/30/1908Ram Dhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi novelist, was born.
3/24/1991Bhau Samarth, internationaly famed painter, passed away.
2/1/1985Muhammad Azharuddin created a world record at Kanpur by hitting a century in each of his first three test.
3/25/19911991 census report released; India has 844 million people.
12/23/2000The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''.
5/8/1995Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83.
10/29/1958Dhondo Keshav Karve, first social and educational reformer of Maharashtra, honoured by Bharat Ratna Award.