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Historical Event on 1/25/1976

Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut during India vs New Zealand at Auckland.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1987Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.
6/25/1992BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven.
3/21/1998Jaswant Singh is appointed Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission after the resignation of Prof. Madhu Dandavate.
10/22/1999Balayogi is elected as Speaker of the Lok Sabha for second consecutive term.
1/18/1932Shyam Nandan Kishore, great educationist, was born at Muzaffarpur.
8/18/1900Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born.
12/5/1991The government reduces visa fees for tourists intending to visit India.
9/24/1936It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.
3/11/1975Battle between Marathas and Nizam at Kharda.
4/16/1918Lalita Pawar, famous actress of Indian film industry, was born.