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Historical Event on 8/25/1997

10,000 people residing in low lying areas in Gujarat shifted to safer places following incessant rains for two days. Death toll mounts to 265.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/16/1903Kalka-Simla Railway line section was opened for public conveyance.
8/25/1997Cabinet approved the draft of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) which was to replace the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA).
3/9/1863Laxman Bapuji Kolhatkar (Bhaurao), famous singer and actor of Marathi theatre, was born.
12/28/1921Prince of Wales inagurated Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
2/9/1951The first census of free India of enumeration work was started.
8/15/1950Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives.
3/15/1931M.I.Mohammad Ghose, cricket test umpire for 8 tests from 1976-80, was born in Tamil Nadu.
11/5/1999The CBI arrests the Bihar Road Construction Minister Illiyas Hussain and conducts raids in the Bitumen scam case.
2/2/1982Mohanlal Purushottamdas Sukhadia, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, freedom fighter, passed away. He was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1954-1971. He introduced Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan and worked for its industrialisation also.
11/19/1961World Council of Churches convened their third assembly at New Delhi during which the International Missionary Council and its work was integrated into the larger ecumenical group.