25 December in Hindu history
25 December 176325 December 1861
Maharaja Suraj Mal killed near Delhi
The Jat king of Bharatpur, who had sheltered the Maratha survivors of Panipat, is killed in an ambush on the Hindan near Delhi. His forts of Bharatpur and Deeg were never taken by storm in his lifetime.
Madan Mohan Malaviya born at Prayag
Madan Mohan Malaviya is born at Allahabad. He founded the Banaras Hindu University and was four times president of the Congress.