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Historical Event on 1/25/1983

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Acharya Vinobha Bhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982).

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/20/1900Sumitranandan Pant was born.
9/2/1998Nishant, the pilotless training aircraft developed by DRDO, is successfully flown from Chandipore.
9/7/1965U.S. suspends military aid to India and Pakistan.
9/21/1746French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras.
5/21/1994The Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges.
3/31/1843Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first musical playwright of Marathi, was born.
2/25/1982J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away.
9/29/1914German cruiser Emden shells Madras.
12/6/1946Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London.
4/3/1932Boycott of British goods was so widespread that 70\% of cotton products were now thought to have come from Japan.