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Historical Event on 2/25/1970

Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/13/1988Second developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-2). This carried remote sensing payload of German space agency in addition to Gamma Ray astronomy payload. Could not be placed in orbit.
9/13/1992Union government decides to form a National Human Rights Commission.
9/7/1999India rejects Pakistan demand for a East Timor type of referendum in Kashmir.
11/1/1966Punjab High Court was renamed as Punjab & Haryana High Court. This court was established in Chandigarh for Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh territory.
10/27/1923Arvind Navinchandra Mafatlal, famous industrialist, was born.
3/6/1998A Congress(I) Ministry headed by Virbhadra Singh is sworn in at Himachal Pradesh.
12/14/1952Roshan Harshadlal ""Deepak"" Shodhan scored 110 in his Test Cricket debut vs Pakistan in Calcutta.
5/28/1965Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400.
6/30/1984W. R. Dhavle, editor, died.
8/15/1872Sri Aurobindo Man Mohan Ghosh born in Calcutta. He was a renaissance yoga philosopher, freedom fighter and teacher. His 30-volume work discusses the 'superman', a metaphor for the divinely transformed individual soul. He withdrew from the world in 1910 and founded International Ashram in Pondicherry.