1925 in India
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Events
- 3 February - The first ever electric train of India completes its journey from Victoria Terminus to KurlaKurlaKurla is a suburb of Mumbai. It is also the name of one the busiest railway stations on the Mumbai suburban railway on the central and harbour railway lines of Mumbai...
. - 26 December - Communist Party of IndiaCommunist Party of IndiaThe Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925...
is founded at Kanpur.
Births
- 8 May - G. S. AmurG. S. AmurGururaja Shyamacharya Amur , a professor of literature, is a leading contemporary writer and critic in Kannada and English. He is a recipient of many prestigious awards including the Sahitya Akademi Award, Da. Ra. Bendre Award, Rajyotsava Award, State award and the Pampa award.Amur is the older...
, writer and critic. - 9 July - Guru DuttGuru DuttVasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone , popularly known as Guru Dutt, was an Indian film director, producer and actor. He is often credited with ushering in the golden era of Hindi cinema...
, film directorFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, producer, and actor (d.19641964 in IndiaEvents in the year 1964 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan* Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru until May 27, Gulzarilal Nanda until June 9 , Lal Bahadur Shastri-Events:...
). - 22 July - DasaradhiDasaradhiDasaradhi Krishnamacharyulu mononymously known as Dasaradhi was an Indian poet and political activist. He was a great pundit in the Telugu, Sanskrit, and Tamil languages and puranas .-Early life:...
, poetPoetA poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and political activist (d.19871987 in India-Incumbents:* President of India – Zail Singh until July 25, R. Venkataraman* Prime Minister of India – Rajiv Gandhi-Events:* 1987 Sino-Indian skirmish the second such conflict between China and India....
). - 7 August - M. S. SwaminathanM. S. SwaminathanMaankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan is an Indian agriculture scientist in Kuttanad, kerala. He was the second of four sons of a doctor.He is known as the "Father of the Green Revolution in India", for his leadership and success in introducing and further developing high-yielding varieties of wheat in...
, agricultural scientistAgricultural scienceAgricultural science is a broad multidisciplinary field that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic and social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding of agriculture. -Agriculture and agricultural science:The two terms are often confused...
. - 31 August - AarudhraAarudhraBhagavatula Sadashiva Shankara Sastry , known by his pen-name Arudra, is a highly respected author in Modern Telugu literature of Andhra Pradesh, India.-Early life:...
, author, poet and historian (d.19981998 in IndiaEvents in the year 1998 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – K. R. Narayanan* Prime Minister of India – Inder Kumar Gujral until 19 March, Atal Bihari Vajpayee-January to March:...
).
Full date unknown
- Pradeep KumarPradeep KumarPradeep Kumar was an Indian actor in Bengali and Hindi films.-Career:When Kumar was 17 years old, he decided to take up acting. His started his film career in Bengali films...
, actor (d.20012001 in India-Incumbents:* President of India – K. R. Narayanan* Prime Minister of India – Atal Bihari Vajpayee-January:* 1 January - Calcutta officially becomes Kolkata, reverting to its precolonial name....
). - Raja RamannaRaja RamannaRaja Ramanna , D.Phil., was an Indian nuclear scientist and a prominent physicist, is best known for his leadership directing the research integral for the development of Indian nuclear programme in its early stages. Having started and joined the nuclear programme in 1964, Ramanna worked under...
, nuclear scientist (d.20042004 in IndiaEvents in the year 2004 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam* Prime Minister of India – Atal Bihari Vajpayee until 22 May, Manmohan Singh-Events:...
).