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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
1/5/1934Dr. Murli Manohar Manmohan Joshi was born in Delhi.
1/1/1981Colaba District renamed as Raigad District.
10/15/1676King of England permitted the East India Company to mint the Rupee and Paisa coins at Bombay.
4/26/1992Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her.
4/15/1901Balakrishna Janardan Mohoni, cricket Test Umpire for 11 Tests from 1948-57, was born in Maharashtra.
10/31/2000The Income Tax Department 'indicts' five cricketers - Kapil Dev, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Nikhil Chopra and Ajay Sharma - for tax evasion and concealment of income earned through ""dubious sources'
1/28/1950Supreme Court of India was inaugurated.
11/5/1997Railway ministry doubles compensation amounts from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs.4 lakh to victims of railway accidents and other untoward incidents.
1/17/1771Govind Patwardhan Mirajkar, first Rao of Peshwai, passed away.
4/16/1992Arjun Singh, Pawar, Antony win CWC polls.