25 May in History : From Shahzade Salim-Noorjahan’s Nikah to NASA Robots, Know What Happened on This Day
New Delhi : Many stories of the Mughal Sultanate have become famous, including Salim and Anarkali’s love story, probably the most familiar of this generation. However, this story became less known through history and more through films. The marriage of Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar’s Shahzade Salim alias Jahangir and Mehrunnisa alias Noor Jahan took place on 25 May.
The day also witnessed another major incident. In 2013, it was May 25, when an 80-year-old Japanese climber took the record for climbing the Everest, the world’s highest mountain peak.
A series of other major events recorded on the date of May 25 in the history are as follows :
1611 : The Mughal ruler Jahangir marries Mehrunnisa, known in history as Noor Jahan.
1877 : A steamboat full of passengers’ Sir John Lawrence sinks near the Orissa coast. The steamer had a total of 732 people.
1961 : US President John F. Kennedy announces millions of dollars for the start of the country’s space mission. By the year 1970, he had aimed to bring America to the moon.
1963 : 32 countries formed African Union with the intention of uniting African countries.
1985 : Death of about 10 thousand people due to heavy storm in Bangladesh.
1991 : Israel expels 14,000 Jews from Ethiopia.
1998 : European Union member countries agreed not to ban India due to nuclear tests.
2003 : Chile won the World Cup tennis title for the first time.
2008 : A robot sent by the US Space Agency NASA landed on Mars today.
2011 : The final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show airs. The longest-running television program made Oprah America’s most wealthy and influential figure.
2013 : 80-year-old Yuishiro Midra of Japan holds the record for the oldest climb to Mount Everest.