Historical Events on March 25.

1.  1655, 25th March: Christian Higgins discovered Saturn’s largest satellite, Titan.

2.  1807, 25th March: The Slave Trade Act was abolished in the British Empire.

3.  1898, 25th March: Swami Vivekananda accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple.

4.  1954, 25th March: India’s first S-55 helicopter landed in Delhi.

5.  1997, 25th March: Jagdish Sharan Verma became the 27th Chief Justice of India.

6.  2000, 25th March: Rupali Repale, a 17-year-old Indian swimmer, swam across Robben Island in South Africa. She is the youngest swimmer to swim in the bay.

7.  2008, 25th March: Tata Group’s Pune-based firm Communication Research Laboratories allied with international firm Yahoo.

8.  2011, 25th March: The Coinage Bill 2011, passed in the Lok Sabha of India, provided for seven years of imprisonment for tearing a currency note or smelting a coin.

9.  2013, 25th March: Establishment of Manipur and Meghalaya High Court.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on March 25.

1.  1920: Usha Mehta, a Gandhian and freedom fighter of India.

2.  1932: Vasant Purushottam Kale, a Marathi writer.

3.  1937: Tom Monaghan, an American entrepreneur who founded Domino’s Pizza.

4.  1947: Elton John, an English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer.

5.  1948: Farooq Sheikh, an Indian actor, philanthropist, and television presenter.

6.  1956: Pandit Mukul Shivputra, a Hindustani Classical vocalist.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on March 25.

1.  1931: Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, an Indian journalist.

2.  1931: Ida B. Wells, an American investigative journalist.

3.  1940: Rajanikanta Bordoloi, a noted writer, and journalist.

4.  1975: Faisal, the King of Saudi Arabia.

5.  1980: James Wright, an American poet.

25-March-1609

Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. at Pulicat.

25-March-1898

Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple.

25-March-1898

Dalpatrai (Dalpatram Dahyabhai Trawadi), modern Gujrati poet, passed away.

25-March-1905

Mirza Rasid Ali Baig, famous Indian politician, was born.

25-March-1911

L. D. Swamikannu publishes "Manual of Indian Chronology" in Bombay.

25-March-1916

S. M. Pandit, famous painter, was born.

25-March-1920

Sardar Sambhaji Chandrojirao Angre, politician and farmer, was born.

25-March-1927

Leslie Claudius, India field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born.

25-March-1928

S. R. Kulkarni, leader of dock workers, was born.

25-March-1931

50 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted.

25-March-1931

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

25-March-1933

Vasantrao Gowarikar, space scientist, was born.

25-March-1954

The first helicopter S-55 arrived ferried to Delhi. The Indian Air Force experience with rotary wing aircraft. It was indeed a 'red letter day' in the history of IAF a befitting gift on its coming of age ' when the first helicopter wearing IAF markings appeared at Palam in the form of a Sikorsky, S-55. Such a swift action, complete involvement and dedication on the part of the crew and technicians was the clear indication of the standards with which One-O-Four set about its tasks for others to emulate.

25-March-1958

Yograjsingh Bhagsingh Bhundel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler early 80's), was born in Chandigarh.

25-March-1963

Yagyawalk Bharadwaj, famous botany scientist, passed away.

25-March-1971

Aashish Rakesh Kapoor, cricketer (Indian off-spin batsman 1994- ), was born in Madras.

25-March-1983

Modern oceanographic research ship of the world 'Sagar Kanya' landed first time in the sea.

25-March-1983

Chalpati Rao, great journalist, passed away.

25-March-1987

Marxist-led alliance gets majority in Kerala and West Bengal elections .

25-March-1989

India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation.

25-March-1990

Lakshadweep Council elections.

25-March-1991

1991 census report released; India has 844 million people.

25-March-1994

Buta Singh exonerated by the Akal Takht after 9 years.

25-March-1996

31st Gyanpith award presented to M.T. Vasudevan Nair at Trivandrum by Dr. Karan Singh.

25-March-1996

CBI gives a clean chit to PM Rao in the St. Kitts case.

25-March-1997

Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India.

25-March-1998

Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, and Railway Minister Nitish Kumar present the interim budgets for 1998- 99.

25-March-1999

Arathi Ponnappa,Former National tennis champion, called it quits from competitive tennis in Bangalore.