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Historical Event on 3/25/1996

31st Gyanpith award presented to M.T. Vasudevan Nair at Trivandrum by Dr. Karan Singh.

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11/11/1913Gandhi sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at South Africa.
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11/24/1998Alauddin Khilji captured Chittorhgarh after defeating Rana Bhim Singh. Before the capture, Padmini, the beautiful queen along with several hundred females, had sacrificed herself in fire (Jouhar Pratha). This whole battle was fought due to Padmini.
12/29/1885A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay.
12/6/2000The Supreme Court gives a clean chit to former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao upholding the trial court's order, and discharging him and former Union Minister K.K. Tewary from the 'St.Kitts forgery case'.
10/2/1910D. Arkasomayaji, educationist, was born at Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh.
11/30/1915Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died.
4/13/1982Pandit Parmanand, founder member of `Gather Party', passed away.
4/1/1944Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India.