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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 |
| 9/5/1612 | East India Company's Navy eastablished. |
| 1/1/1948 | Orissa High Court was established at Cuttack for Orissa territory. |
| 6/23/1911 | King George V was today crowned ""King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India,"" at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony evoking the continuity and tradition of the British monarchy magnificent spectacle. Thousands of spectators crowded the streets for hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of the royal procession. Partition of Bengal notified to create the Presidency of Bengal. The Imperial capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi. |
| 1/29/1953 | Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kaka Saheb"" was appointed as the Chairman of the Backward Classes Commission. |
| 11/3/1948 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, delivered his maiden speech in United Nations Organisation (U.N.O.) General Assembly. |
| 11/17/1973 | Mother Pondicherry, greatest teacher and religious leader, died. |
| 2/13/1601 | John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London. |
| 5/25/1979 | Commercial Unity Day started. |
| 1/19/1919 | Omprakash Mehra, former Indian Air Chief Marshal and former Governor of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 8/21/1997 | Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India. |
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