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Historical Event on 4/25/1955
Syed Mohammad Zamin Ali, great educationist, poet, editor, writer, professor and founder-member of the Hindustani Academy, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/5/1974 | Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died. |
| 3/9/1961 | Kotamaraju Rama Rao, famous journalist, passed away. |
| 10/22/1999 | The Prime Minister warns of more 'hard decisions'. |
| 5/31/1997 | Fourth National Games opened at Bangalore. |
| 8/15/1947 | The Indian independence divided not only the country but its armed forces as well. These units came down and their equipment was transferred to the newly created Royal Pakistan Air Force. Thus, the principal components of the Royal Indian Air Force, during the partition, were nos. 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10 Squadrons with Tempest US, No. 2 Squadron with Spitfires and No. 12 Squadron with C-47s and No. 1 Air Observation Flight (AOF). The establishment of this AOF with AOP Auster 4s, 5s and 6s, coincided with independence. No. 6 Squadron, which had been in process of converting from Spitfires to C-47s at Drigh Road, had been stood down and its transports transferred to Pakistan. |
| 10/24/1789 | Jean C Baud, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1834-6), was born |
| 12/22/1877 | Shreenivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, was born. |
| 1/7/1988 | Mrs. Janaki Ramachandran sworn in as CM of Tamil Nadu. |
| 7/19/1965 | Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 3/1/1908 | Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India. |
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