Historical Events on January 25.

1.  National Voters’ Day (India)

2.  1755, 25th Jan: The University of Moscow was established.

3.  1881, 25th Jan: The Oriental Telephone Company was founded by Thomas Alva Edison and Alexander Graham Bell.

4.  1919, 25th Jan: The League of Nations formed after the end of World War I.

5.  1971, 25th Jan: Himachal Pradesh got full statehood and becomes the 18th state of India.

6.  1980, 25th Jan: Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of India, awarded to Mother Teresa.

7.  1982, 25th Jan: Bharat Ratna awarded to Acharya Vinoba Bhave.

8.  1991, 25th Jan: Bharat Ratna, highest civilian award of India, awarded to Morarji Desai.

9.  2001, 25th Jan: Bharat Ratna awarded to Lata Mangeshkar and Bismillah Khan.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on January 25.

1.  1627: Robert Boyle, an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor.

2.  1736: Joseph-Louis Lagrange, an Italian mathematician, and astronomer.

3.  1759: Robert Burns, a Scottish poet, and lyricist. 

4.  1824: Michael Madhusudan Dutt, a Bengali poet, writer, and dramatist.

5.  1863: Ramabai Ranade, an Indian social worker and one of the first women’s’ rights activists in the 19th century. 

6.  1874: William Somerset Maugham, an English playwright, novelist, and short-story writer.

7.  1882: Virginia Woolf, an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors

8.  1958: Kavita Krishnamurthy, an Indian playback singer, trained in classical music.

9.  1985: Lendl Simmons, a Trinidadian cricketer who plays internationally for the West Indies.

10.  1988: Cheteshwar Pujara, an Indian international cricketer.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on January 25.

1.  1828: Lady Caroline Lamb, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, and novelist.

2.  1906: Joseph Wheeler, an American military commander, and politician.

3.  1954: M. N. Roy, was an Indian revolutionary, radical activist, and political theorist, as well as a noted philosopher in the 20th century. Roy was a founder of the Mexican Communist Party and the Communist Party of India.

4.  1971: Hermann Hoth, a German army commander, and war criminal during World War II.

25-January-1824

Micheal Madhusudan Dutta, Bengali poet and dramatist, was born in Sagardari village of Jessore district.

25-January-1856

Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians.

25-January-1880

Brahmo Samaj of modernisation and fraternity amongst religions Nababidhan Keshab Chandra Sen introduced.

25-January-1914

Gandhi reaches agreement with South African Union govt. on treatment of Indian nationals at South Africa.

25-January-1917

Captain P.K. Sahgal, freedom fighter who attended Indian Military Academy course at Dehradun, was born at Hoshiarpur.

25-January-1930

Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP.

25-January-1932

Rammanohar Vishnunarayan Tripathi, great social worker and political leader of Maharashtra, was born.

25-January-1948

French India Peoples' Convention, Pondicherry, passed a resolution for complete merger of the French India with the Dominion of India. - G. V. Mavlankar was elected the first Speaker of the Indian Parliament.

25-January-1950

The post of the Governor General of India was abolished.

25-January-1954

Manabendranath Roy, famous leader of socialist revolution, passed away at Dehradun.

25-January-1957

Kashmir becomes Indian state.

25-January-1971

Himachal Pradesh High Court was established at Shimla for Himachal Pradesh Territory.

25-January-1971

Himachal Pradesh becomes a full-fledged 18th Indian Union state.

25-January-1976

Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut during India vs New Zealand at Auckland.

25-January-1980

Awards regarding Public Honour were re-started by Goverment of India; Mother Teresa was honoured by Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, etc.

25-January-1983

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Acharya Vinobha Bhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982).

25-January-1983

Telugu Desam swept to power in Andhra Pradesh.

25-January-1988

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR (Posthumous) (1917-1987).

25-January-1989

Congress-I ministry headed by S. C. Jamir assumes office in Nagaland.

25-January-1989

Motilal Vora sworn in as CM of Madhya Pradesh.

25-January-1992

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata (1904-1993).

25-January-1992

Swaran Singh and Vajpayee awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.

25-January-1994

Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55.

25-January-1995

India and South Africa sign three pacts to forge special ties.

25-January-1999

Dr. R. Chidambaram, nuclear scientist, among the 14 distinguished personalities chosen for Padma Vibhushan. Sachin Tendulkar and Ruskin Bond get Padma Shri.

25-January-2000

The Centre begins the process of privatising the country's domestic carrier, Indian Airlines, and also approves the sale of majority equity in Modern Foods India Limited.

25-January-2000

The Government awards Padma Vibhushan to R.K. Narayan, Dr.M.S. Gill; Padma Bhushan for Rajnikant and Padmashri for A.R. Rehman.