25th March – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Today In History?

Find out what happened on 25th March 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 occurred 25th March

Farooq Sheikh or Farooque Sheikh (born 25 March 1948) is an Indian actor, philanthropist and a popular television presenter. He is best known for his films during the 1970s and 1980s. His major contribution was in Parallel Cinema or the New Indian Cinema.

Yograjsingh Bhagsingh Bhandal, popularly known as Yograj Singh or simply Yograj  pronunciation (help·info) (born 25 March 1958 in Chandigarh, Punjab, India) was an Indian cricketer who played one Test and six ODIs for India as a right-arm fast-medium bowler.

Leslie Walter Claudius (born March 25, 1927 in Bilaspur) was an Indian field hockey player, of Anglo-Indian descent. In 1971 he was awarded the Padma Shri. He is in the Guinness Book of World Records along with Udham Singh for having won the maximum number of Olympic medals in field hockey.

Ashok Dinda is an Indian cricketer. He plays for Bengal and Pune Warriors India. Earlier he played for Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders. He has been one of the most economical bowlers in the Indian Premier League. 

Vasant Purushottam Kale, popularly known as Va Pu, was Marathi writer who wrote short stories, novels, and biographical sketches. He authored more than 60 books.

Death anniversaries on 25th March

Mona Kapoor (3 February 1964 – 25 March 2012) was the daughter of Sattee Shourie, and the ex-wife of Bollywood film producer Boney Kapoor. She was born in Delhi, India on 3 February 1964.

Nanda (born 8 January 1939) is an Indian film actress of Hindi films and Marathi films. Nanda was born in a Maharashtrian show-business family to Vinayak Damodar Karnataki (Master Vinayak), a successful Marathi actor-director .Her father died when Nanda was a child.

Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran or T. K. Sivasankaran (born. 30 March 1925), is a Tamil writer and critic from Tamil Nadu, India. He is popularly known by his Tamil initials as Thi. Ka. Si. Sivasankaran was born in Tirunelveli in 1925. His works were first published in the literary journal Grama oozhiyan in 1947.

Pravir, King of Bastar (Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo 25 June 1929 – 25 March 1966) was the first Oriya ruler and 20th Maharaja of Bastar state who was killed in 1966 by then Congress government of Madhya Pradesh for championing the cause of his subjects.

Nawab Arastu Yar Jung (June 10, 1858 – March 25, 1940) was a Hyderabadi Surgeon. He became well known during late Nizam period of Hyderabad, during the early 20th century, for being chief physician and advisor to the Nizam of the time, Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, and later becoming a prominent philanthropist

Notable Events:

1911 L. D. Swamikannu publishes “Manual of Indian Chronology” in Bombay.

1931 50 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted.

1931 Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly ‘Pratap’.

1983 Modern oceanographic research ship of the world ‘Sagar Kanya’ landed first time in the sea.

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