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Historical Event on 5/25/1997

In a bid to break the deadlock on naming transport corporation after caste leaders in southern districts, Tamil Nadu Government agrees to create a new bus corporation named after Pulithevan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/18/1980Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.
12/11/1998Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) died at 1850 hrs today.
3/29/1914Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram came in India.
1/12/2000Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000.
11/10/1960B. N. Jha was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-03-1961
10/15/2000Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand
1/24/1996H.K.L. Bhagat, senior Congress politician and former minister, arrested in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case.
10/10/1899Shripad Amrit Dange, socialist and Trade Union Leader, was born.
9/5/1888Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975), panentheist, great renaissance philosopher, eminent writer, free India's first vice-president and second president, was born at Tiruttani near Madras.
3/16/1995World's best 7th wkt stand of 461 runs by Bhupinder Singh Jr. & P. Dharmani.