25th July’22 – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Today In History?

Find out what happened on the 25th of July in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occur 25th of July

Jim Corbett (25 July 1875 – 19 April 1955) was a British hunter, tracker, naturalist, and author who hunted a number of man-eating tigers and leopards in India. He held the rank of colonel in the British Indian Army and was frequently called upon by the Government of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, now the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, to kill man-eating tigers and leopards that were preying on people in the nearby villages of the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions.

Krishnan Nair (25 July 1939 – 16 November 1980), better known by his stage name Jayan, was an Indian film actor, naval officer, stunt performer and cultural icon of the 1970s. He starred in over 150 Malayalam films. During his film career, he was primarily an action star and was particularly famous for his macho image and unique style.

Harsimrat Kaur Badal (born 25 July 1966) is an Indian politician serving as the Union Cabinet Minister of Food Processing in the Government of India and Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Bathinda. She is a member of Shiromani Akali Dal Party. Her husband Sukhbir Singh Badal is former deputy chief minister of Punjab and the president of Shiromani Akali Dal.

Semmangudi Radhakrishna Srinivasa Iyer (25 July 1908 – 31 October 2003) was a Carnatic vocalist. He was the youngest recipient of the Sangeetha Kalanidhi awarded by the Music Academy in 1947 and has received many awards including Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan from the Government of India, Sangeet Natak Academy award (1953), Isai Perarignar from Government of Tamil Nadu and Kalidas Samman from Government of Madhya Pradesh.

Rahul Mahajan (born 26 July 1975) is an Indian reality show entertainer and former pilot. He is the son of former union cabinet minister Pramod Mahajan. He appeared as a contestant on reality show Bigg Boss and again in Bigg Boss Halla Bol.

Notable Moments

1695 Johannes Camphuys, Governal General of Dutch-Indies, died at the age of 61.

1857 The Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras Universities were established.

1908 Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay.

1987 Amitabh Bachhan resigns his Lok Sabha membership.

1987 Arun Singh, union minister of state for defence, resigns from the cabinet.

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