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Historical Event on 12/25/1932

King George V's chair collapsed during his Christmas dinner speech.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1920Air transportation began in India by two Royal Air Force planes between Karachi and Bombay, and Air Mail service started.
3/17/1988First operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A) launched by a Russian Vostok. IRS system under National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) coordinated at national level by the Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the data from IRS satellites is processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US Company, also receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space.
12/10/1998Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics.
10/15/1932First Indian commercial airliner service 'Tata Sons Ltd' started. (Tata Airlines)
4/8/1831Ram Mohan Roy landed in England.
8/3/1930Vyanktesh Bapuji Ketkar, famous astrologist and researcher, died.
12/7/1825First Steam Engine Ship ""Enterprise"" reached Calcutta.
8/15/1990GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
2/25/1903Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo, chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.