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Historical Event on 7/25/1961

Delhi upgraded as an A-class city on the basis of provisional Census figures of 1961.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1995Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding awarded for 1992.
1/27/1988The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first flight was from Port Blair to Havelock Island and its inaugurated by the Governer of Andaman and Nicobar Island.
10/4/1996Delhi court issues non-bailable warrant against PVN Rao and three others in the St. Kitts forgery case.
8/29/1998Prasar Bharti ordinance promulgated.
10/6/1954Nehru declared the National Health Scheme for the entire country.
8/11/1961Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States.
6/11/1998Chetak helicopter of IAF rescued a Border Security Force Jawan stuck waist deep in quicksand.
12/22/1998The Patents Bill gets Rajya Sabha approval.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
9/26/1911Prat Kumar Sinha, cricket Test empire for 2 tests from 1948-53, was born in Bengal.