Today In Indian History 25 January 2023

Check out below about 25 January in Indian history or January 25 special day in India. Looking for information about today special day in India? If not, check out below. On this Special day today 25 January in Indian history, falls the birthdays and death anniversaries of various well-known people of India. You would also find out about events that happened that make it today special day in India.

Today's Historical Events on January 25.

National Voters’ Day (India)

1755, 25th Jan: The University of Moscow was established.

1881, 25th Jan: The Oriental Telephone Company was founded by Thomas Alva Edison and Alexander Graham Bell.

1919, 25th Jan: The League of Nations formed after the end of World War I.

1971, 25th Jan: Himachal Pradesh got full statehood and becomes the 18th state of India.

1980, 25th Jan: Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of India, awarded to Mother Teresa.

1982, 25th Jan: Bharat Ratna awarded to Acharya Vinoba Bhave.

1991, 25th Jan: Bharat Ratna, highest civilian award of India, awarded to Morarji Desai.

2001, 25th Jan: Bharat Ratna awarded to Lata Mangeshkar and Bismillah Khan.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on January 25.

1627: Robert Boyle, an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor.

1736: Joseph-Louis Lagrange, an Italian mathematician, and astronomer.

1759: Robert Burns, a Scottish poet, and lyricist.

1824: Michael Madhusudan Dutt, a Bengali poet, writer, and dramatist.

1863: Ramabai Ranade, an Indian social worker and one of the first women’s’ rights activists in the 19th century.

1874: William Somerset Maugham, an English playwright, novelist, and short-story writer.

1882: Virginia Woolf, an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors

1958: Kavita Krishnamurthy, an Indian playback singer, trained in classical music.

1985: Lendl Simmons, a Trinidadian cricketer who plays internationally for the West Indies.

1988: Cheteshwar Pujara, an Indian international cricketer.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on January 25.

1828: Lady Caroline Lamb, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, and novelist.

1906: Joseph Wheeler, an American military commander, and politician.

1954: M. N. Roy, was an Indian revolutionary, radical activist, and political theorist, as well as a noted philosopher in the 20th century. Roy was a founder of the Mexican Communist Party and the Communist Party of India.

1971: Hermann Hoth, a German army commander, and war criminal during World War II.

What happened in India on 25 January

25-January-1824

Micheal Madhusudan Dutta, Bengali poet and dramatist, was born in Sagardari village of Jessore district.

25-January-1856

Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians.

25-January-1880

Brahmo Samaj of modernisation and fraternity amongst religions Nababidhan Keshab Chandra Sen introduced.

25-January-1914

Gandhi reaches agreement with South African Union govt. on treatment of Indian nationals at South Africa.

25-January-1917

Captain P.K. Sahgal, freedom fighter who attended Indian Military Academy course at Dehradun, was born at Hoshiarpur.

25-January-1930

Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP.

25-January-1932

Rammanohar Vishnunarayan Tripathi, great social worker and political leader of Maharashtra, was born.

25-January-1948

French India Peoples' Convention, Pondicherry, passed a resolution for complete merger of the French India with the Dominion of India. - G. V. Mavlankar was elected the first Speaker of the Indian Parliament.

25-January-1950

The post of the Governor General of India was abolished.

25-January-1954

Manabendranath Roy, famous leader of socialist revolution, passed away at Dehradun.

25-January-1957

Kashmir becomes Indian state.

25-January-1971

Himachal Pradesh High Court was established at Shimla for Himachal Pradesh Territory.

25-January-1971

Himachal Pradesh becomes a full-fledged 18th Indian Union state.

25-January-1976

Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut during India vs New Zealand at Auckland.

25-January-1980

Awards regarding Public Honour were re-started by Goverment of India; Mother Teresa was honoured by Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, etc.

25-January-1983

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Acharya Vinobha Bhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982).

25-January-1983

Telugu Desam swept to power in Andhra Pradesh.

25-January-1988

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

25-January-1989

Congress-I ministry headed by S. C. Jamir assumes office in Nagaland.

25-January-1989

Motilal Vora sworn in as CM of Madhya Pradesh.

25-January-1992

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata (1904-1993).

25-January-1992

Swaran Singh and Vajpayee awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.

25-January-1994

Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55.

25-January-1995

India and South Africa sign three pacts to forge special ties.

25-January-1999

Dr. R. Chidambaram, nuclear scientist, among the 14 distinguished personalities chosen for Padma Vibhushan. Sachin Tendulkar and Ruskin Bond get Padma Shri.

25-January-2000

The Centre begins the process of privatising the country's domestic carrier, Indian Airlines, and also approves the sale of majority equity in Modern Foods India Limited.

25-January-2000

The Government awards Padma Vibhushan to R.K. Narayan, Dr.M.S. Gill; Padma Bhushan for Rajnikant and Padmashri for A.R. Rehman.