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Historical Event on 8/25/1997
Konkan Railway line in Goa, except for a short stretch between Pernem and Maharashtra border, becomes operational.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/18/1980 | The first Himalayan Car Rally of 5,377.9 km was started from Brabourne Stadium, Bombay with 74 starters. |
| 4/12/2000 | Ban on LTTE for two more years from May 14, says the Union Home Minister L. K. Advani. |
| 4/12/2000 | Akbar removed 'Jeziya' or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects. |
| 7/7/1901 | J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta. |
| 10/9/1945 | British troops occupy Andaman in Gulf of Bengal. |
| 11/30/1920 | N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born. |
| 9/24/1932 | Preetilata Waddedara, the first armed woman revolutionary, was hanged for ""Chatgaon Ammunitions Plot"". |
| 8/28/1928 | Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, noted physicist and scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, was born at Mangalore in Karnataka. |
| 10/20/1997 | Veerappan, the forest brigand, releases the six hostages after 12 days. |
| 1/6/1992 | Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* vs Australia at the SCG. |
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