THOUGHT OF THE DAY
"Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit."
----Moliere
Events that took place on this day in history 25 November
*In 1876,
The Great Sioux War of 1876, also known as the Black Hills War, was a series of battles and negotiations that occurred in 1876 and 1877 in an alliance of Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne against the United States. The cause of the war was the desire of the US government to obtain ownership of the Black Hills.
*In 1990,
India bowl the Sri Lankan cricket team out for 82; Venkatapathy Raju (I) takes 6-12 off 17.5 overs.
Famous people that have birthdays on this day in history 25 November
*In 1879,
Sadhu Vaswani
was an Indian educationist who started the Mira Movement In Education and set up St. Mira's School in Hyderabad, Sindh, and later moved to Pune after 1949. A museum, Darshan Museum dedicated to his life and teaching was opened in Pune, in 2011.
*In 1948,
D. Veerendra Heggade is an Indian philanthropist and the hereditary administrator/Dharmadhikari of the Dharmasthala Temple. He succeeded to the post at the age of 19, on 24 October 1968, the 21st in his line.
Famous people that have death anniversaries on this day in history 25 November
*In 1964,
Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu was one of the most distinguished carnatic music violinists of the 20th century. He hails from a family of Kasimkota cultivators (around 6 KMs from Anakapalli and 30 KMS from Vizag)) who later moved to Bengaluru. Naidu was partially blind.
Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu was born on 8 November 1893, which happened to be Deepavali day, in Bangalore, and was brought up in Visakhapatnam. His father Venkata Rayudu was a Commissioned Officer in the Army.
*In 1981,
Rai Chand Boral was an Indian composer, considered by music connoisseurs to be the Bhishma Pitamah, the father of film music in India.He was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award the highest award in Indian cinema, given by Government of India, in 1978, and also in the same year, the Sangeet Natak Akademi award, given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.