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Historical Event on 7/25/1997

Laloo Yadav resigns as Bihar Chief Minister after CBI-designated court issues an arrest warrant against him in fodder scam case. His wife, Rabri Devi, is sworn in as his successor. She becomes first woman Chief Minister of the State.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/13/1997H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express.
10/6/1999INLD-BJP combine wins by big margin in Haryana.
2/4/1994India elected to the executive boards of UNDP, UN Population Fund and UNICEF.
1/12/2000T. S. Krishna Murthy is appointed Election Commissioner in place of G.V.G. Krishnamoorthy who retired.
9/29/1971Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people.
11/9/1942Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died.
9/29/2000India loses to Britain in the play off for the fifth and sixth places in the hockey match at the Sydney Olympics.
9/23/1983Supreme Court upholds execution of criminals through hanging by rope.
2/7/1983Eastern News Agency was established in Calcutta .
3/20/1921Dr. P. C. Alexander, Governor of Maharashtra, was born.