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Historical Event on 12/25/1943

Japanese bombers raid Chittagong.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/6/1910Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace tonight. He ruled Britain for nine years. Power passed immediately to his son George, the Prince of Wales, who will rule as King George V. The 68-year-old monarch's sudden death threw his country into a state of shock. Edward had apparently caught a cold during a visit the past weekend to the wet grounds of his estate at Sandringham.
5/7/1994Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India.
7/3/1948H. M. S. Auchils was taken over by Indian Navy.
9/8/1897Lokmanya Tilak charged in anti-national activity case.
5/1/1996International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.
10/17/1994Seshan's controversial biography ''DMK'' obtains stay.
3/9/1998Vishwanathan Anand,Chess legend, wins the Super Grand Master Title.
9/18/1803Second Anglo-Maratha war under Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat of the Marathas at Assaye. The British Christians captured Delhi and acquired control of large parts of India.
1/7/1685Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born.
3/9/1990Lalu Prasad Yadav to form JD Ministry in Bihar.