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Historical Event on 1/25/1988

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR (Posthumous) (1917-1987).

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/19/2000A massive blaze guts Mehboob Studio, one of the oldest in Mumbai city.
8/17/1947The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence.
1/1/1900Sathya Sai Baba was born
10/25/1997180mw Lower Periyar Hydroelectric Project in Kerala commissioned after 13 long years.
11/30/1994Laxmi Menon, former Foreign state minister, died.
7/9/1996A Delhi court summoned former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao to face trial as an accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case in which godman Chandraswami was already facing trial.
6/24/1897Padmashree Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, famous music director of Gwalior Gharana, was born at Gujrat.
2/24/1995A full Bench comprising Chief Justice M.M. Pareed Pillai, TV Ramakrishna and P. Shanmugam of the Kerala High Court quashed the words ""incestuous adultery"", ""adultery coupled with cruelty"" and ""adultery coupled with desertion"" contained in Section 10 of Indian (Christian) Divorce Act.
6/27/1964Teen Murti Bhavan, official residence of the Prime Minister of India, became the Nehru Memorial Museum.
9/26/1975Notification to pay equal payment to both men and women workers was promulgated.