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Historical Event on 10/25/1997
180mw Lower Periyar Hydroelectric Project in Kerala commissioned after 13 long years.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/23/1975 | Omeo Kumar Das, one of the great patriots of Assam, passed away at the age of 81. He selflessly worked for the tea plantation workers and made efforts to get them better living standards. He translated Gandhiji's autobiography ""My Experiments with Truth"" in Assamese language. |
| 6/27/1917 | Khanderao Moreshwar Rangnekar, cricketer (batted in 3 Tests India v Australia 1947-48), was born in Maharashtra. |
| 12/16/2000 | Indian Airlines wins the 60th National Hockey championship in Jammu. |
| 2/2/1915 | Khushvant Singh, famous journalist, was born. |
| 1/19/1907 | Mohammad Ali Mirza was crowned as the ""Shah-E-Iran"" in a grand function held in Royal Palace, Tehran. This coronation was performed on the precious throne ""Thakt-E-Taus"" which was made by Emperor Shahjahan, and was taken away from India during the invasion of Nadir Shah in 1738 AD. |
| 6/14/1992 | Tin Bigha activists lathi-charged in the Tin Bigha corridor in Coochbehar. |
| 7/18/1994 | Munis Raza, famous educationist and former Chancellor of Delhi University, passed away. |
| 6/13/1966 | 60 people were killed in a collision between two suburban trains of Bombay. |
| 1/3/1880 | Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started. |
| 3/25/1931 | Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly 'Pratap'. |
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