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Historical Event on 1/25/1980
Awards regarding Public Honour were re-started by Goverment of India; Mother Teresa was honoured by Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, etc.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/22/1912 | Gandhiji accompanied Gokhale on tour of South Africa, Laurenco Marques, Mozambique and Zanzibar. He gave up European dress and milk and restricted himself to diet of fresh and dried fruits. |
| 6/13/2000 | Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, announces a one-time settlement of outstanding loans below Rs. 10 crores in a move aimed at ridding the public sector banks of Rs. 51,000 crores of bad loans. |
| 12/17/1933 | Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut. |
| 7/1/1991 | Rupee devalued by 8.5\%. |
| 10/25/1990 | Captain Sangma, first Chief Minister of Meghalaya, died. |
| 2/2/1986 | Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India. |
| 9/10/1999 | Top seeds Bhupathi and Paes finished runners-up in the US Open doubles, losing to Sebastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien in the final. |
| 4/21/1995 | Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful. |
| 1/30/1908 | Gandhiji was summoned to see General Smuts at Pretoria and released on reaching a compromise. |
| 1/8/1981 | India all out for 63 runs in one-day international vs Australia. |
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