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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
5/1/1947Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle.
2/5/1949Judgement on Gandhi's murder; Godse and Apte to be executed.
9/5/1909Phiroze Edulji Palia, left-hand batsman and slow spin bowler, was born in Mumbai. He played in India's first Test at Lord's in 1932.
3/21/1836National Library was established.
4/26/1992Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her.
5/8/1997Mumbai High Court holds that Christian women can seek divorce on the sole ground of being subjected to cruelty and need not prove infedidelity on the part of their husbands or desertion.
6/9/1964Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
9/30/2000India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant.
4/24/1959Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie.
10/26/1981Dattatrey Ramchandra Bendre, Gyanpeet awardee and Kannad poet, died.