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Historical Event on 11/25/1999

Baba Amte, a Gandhian and noted social worker, is chosen for the Gandhi Peace Prize.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1949Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages.
12/27/1996Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award.
1/29/1993Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman.
8/19/1887S. Satyamurti, freedom fighter and social worker, was born at Thirumeyyam in the former Pudukottah State.
2/14/1929Devendra Lal was born in Varanasi. He made extensive studies of meteorites of Lunar rocks brought by the Apollo and Luna Missions and of material from the Ocean bed. He also evolved techniques to understand post events in the solar system from cosmic ray ""Signatures"". One of his most significant findings is that the intensity of cosmic rays during the last few million years has been the same as it is today. He was a geophysicist associated with the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
7/31/1993Zafar Saifullah was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1994.
11/5/1956University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC.
7/15/1991The 25-day-old Narasimha Rao government wins a vote of confidence in Lok Sabha by securing 241 to 111; 112 abstained.
8/12/1602Abul Fazal, Akbar's minister, was killed on the instructions of Jahangir.
6/24/1989A majority of opposition members in the Lok Sabha resign on the issue of CAG report on the Bofors gun deal.