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Historical Event on 3/25/1905
Mirza Rasid Ali Baig, famous Indian politician, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/21/1997 | Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India. |
| 8/9/1996 | Sachin Tendulkar, 23, chosen India's cricket captain. |
| 10/16/1959 | National Council of Women's Education was inaugurated in New Delhi. |
| 5/25/1996 | Maharashta govt. announces decision to revive Sri Krishna Commission set up to probe the 1993 Mumbai riots. |
| 5/10/1927 | Nayantara Sahgal, famous writer and social reformer, was born. |
| 1/5/1994 | Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra. |
| 1/1/1949 | A ceasefire eventually came into force. Under UN supervision, a negotiated Cease Fire Line was drawn up on an actual holding basis pending future settlements. This meandering, and at places militarily illogical line, ran some 700 kilometres from Chhamb in the South to a map reference point NJ 9842 in Ladakh in the North. The fighting was to continue for 15 months, with heavy RIAF involvement throughout, but despite being continuously on an operational footing throughout this period, the re-organisation and modernisation of the service continued unabated. |
| 1/27/1994 | 55 miners, trapped inside New Kenda Colliery of Eastern Coal Fields, die. |
| 2/25/1909 | Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months. |
| 9/17/1950 | Govt. grants diplomatic recognition to Israel. |
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