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Historical Event on 3/25/1927

Leslie Claudius, India field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/6/1920'Shakuntala' made by Oriental Film Mfg. Co. was released.
1/18/1999Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune.
12/16/1867Amy Carmichael, Scotch Irish missionary, was born. She went to India in 1895 under the Zenana Missionary Society, remaining there without furlough until her death 56 years later. An invalid during her last 20 years, she worked to rescue children from the Hindus.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
12/10/1984Justice Thakkar Commission appointed to enquire into the assassination of Indira Gandhi.
10/9/1992Sukha and Jinda, assassins of former army chief Gen. A. S. Vaidya, hanged in Pune jail.
2/1/1968United Nation's Conference on Trade and Development opens in New Delhi.
4/16/1997Anupama Gokhale wins National women's `A' chess in Calcutta.
1/1/1892Mahadev Haribhai Desai, follower of Gandhiji, was born in Surat district.
11/3/1998The first geo-scientific data centre of the country is inaugurated at the Geological Survey of India.