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Significance of 25th February:



1836- Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for his revolver firearm.

1962- India Congress Party wins elections. It was the third consecutive win for Jawaharlal Nehru.

2012- World Health Organization removes India from the list of polio-endemic countries.



Famous people who had responded birthdays on this day:

1884- Ravishankar Vyas was an Indian independence activist, social worker and Gandhian from Gujarat.

1894- Meher Baba was an Indian spiritual master who said he was the Avatar, or God in human form, of the age.

1938- Farokh Engineer is an Indian former cricketer and referee. He was a wicket-keeper-batsman, usually an opening batsman, who represented India in 46 Test matches from 1961 to 1975.

1943- George Harrison was an English musician, singer and songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.

1948- Danny Denzongpa is an Indian actor, playback singer, and film director.

1981- Shahid Kapoor is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He has since starred in the crime drama series Farzi (2023) and the romantic comedy Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (2024).



Famous people who have death anniversaries on this day:

1874- Dwarka Nath Mitra was a famous lawyer and judge of the Calcutta High Court.

1957- Sunirmal Basu was a Bengali poet and children's writer. He received the Bhuvaneshwari Medal in 1956.

1970- Mannathu Padmanabhan was an Indian social reformer and freedom fighter from the south-western state of Kerala.

2001- Sir Donald George Bradman nicknamed "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time.

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