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Historical Event on 7/25/1976
Sriram Singh at Montreal sets record for 800m in 1.45.77.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/16/1992 | Arjun Singh, Pawar, Antony win CWC polls. |
| 11/20/1917 | J.C. Bose Research Institute was established in Calcutta. |
| 3/17/1988 | First operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A) launched by a Russian Vostok. IRS system under National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) coordinated at national level by the Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the data from IRS satellites is processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US Company, also receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space. |
| 8/18/1920 | Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding. |
| 5/8/1998 | Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998. |
| 2/1/1855 | East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened. |
| 4/5/1984 | Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union. |
| 3/5/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign a pact referred in Indian History as ""Gandhi-Irwin Pact"", after which the civic disobedience movement was taken back. |
| 7/31/1919 | Hemchandra ""Hemu"" Ramchandra Adhikari, cricketer (right-handed batsman 1947-59), was born in Baroda. |
| 5/8/1995 | Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83. |
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