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Historical Event on 9/25/1954
14 Members of Parliament (MP) form a new party called the Union of Socialist Progress. Acharya Kripalani is the leader.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/29/1996 | S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president. |
| 5/1/1915 | Rameshwar Shukla 'Anchal', modern Hindi poet, novelist and essay writer, was born. |
| 8/20/1909 | Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter, was born at Srinagar. |
| 1/28/1911 | The famous Hope diamond, once worn by Marie Antoinette, was bought tonight for over $300,000 by Ned McLean, son of John McLean. Mrs. McLean wore it as a head ornament, guarded by a former Secret Service man who in turn was guarded by two private detectives. Walnut-sized and exquisitely blue in color, the 44.5-carat stone stems from India. Its owners included Louis XIV, Louis XVI, and a London banker named Hope. A sinister history of ill luck, madness, and violent death clings to the unique gem. |
| 3/3/1939 | Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention. |
| 2/25/1938 | Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay. |
| 5/13/2000 | Lara Dutta (21), who said beauty pageants give women a platform to ''voice our choices and opinions'' is named Miss Universe 2000 in the Cyprus capital Nicosia. |
| 11/6/1946 | Gandhiji leaves for Noakhali; issues statement on ""Partial Fast"". Noakhali tour beg |
| 1/15/1988 | Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras thus creating a world Test record. |
| 6/2/2000 | Justice A. M. Ahmadi, former Chief Justice of India, appointed Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award. |
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