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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
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Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans. |
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King Birbal, renowned wit and one amongst the 'Navratna' of Emperor Akbar's Court, died in a war with Usuf Jard Kabile. |
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Saint Eknath, bhagwatbhakt, passed away. |
| 2/25/1760 |
Lord Clive left India. His successors as Governors of India were J. Holwell and H. Vansittart from July 1760 to 1765. He was re-posted to India on May 3, 1765. |
| 2/25/1840 |
Vinayak Konddev Oak, Marathi litteratewur, was born. |
| 2/25/1844 |
Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, was born. |
| 2/25/1869 |
Anand Shankar Bapubhai Dhruv, Sanskrit Pandit and editor of monthly magzine 'Vasant' , was born. |
| 2/25/1884 |
Ravishankar Maharaj, freedom fighter and national leader of the country, was born at Radhu village of Kaira District. |
| 2/25/1886 |
Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave 'Narmad', social reformer and famous Gujrati litterateur, passed away. |
| 2/25/1894 |
Meher Baba (1894-1969) of Poona, Indian saint of Persian origin and gifted with psychic powers of prediction, was born. The mystical teachings of this silent sage stressed love, self-inquiry and God consciousness. |
| 2/25/1897 |
Dr. Amarnath Jha, educationist, was born. |
| 2/25/1897 |
A. Vedaratnam, freedom fighter, nationalist and leader, was born in an orthodox Saiva Vellala community. |
| 2/25/1903 |
Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo, chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 2/25/1909 |
Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months. |
| 2/25/1910 |
Dalai Lama, Tibeten monk, flees from Chinese troops and takes refuge in India. |
| 2/25/1920 |
Balraj Madhok was born. |
| 2/25/1923 |
S. Kumaran, political, social reformer and Trade Union worker, was born in Alleppey, Kerala. |
| 2/25/1927 |
Balkrishna Buwa Echalkaranjikar, father of `Khyal Gayaki', passed away. |
| 2/25/1938 |
Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay. |
| 2/25/1962 |
India Congress Party wins elections. |
| 2/25/1963 |
Nehru refuses to recognize China-Pakistan border pact in New Delhi. |
| 2/25/1968 |
Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 16/12/1970. |
| 2/25/1970 |
Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, passed away. |
| 2/25/1976 |
India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children. |
| 2/25/1977 |
Second satellite Earth Station established at Dehradun. |
| 2/25/1982 |
J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away. |
| 2/25/1987 |
The Railway Minister announces introduction of 8 superfast trains from April 1. |
| 2/25/1992 |
Beant Singh sworn in as CM of Punjab. |
| 2/25/1992 |
Railway budget proposes 20\% hike in upper class passenger fares. |
| 2/25/1993 |
113 MPs arrested and Murali Manohar Joshi injured in police action. |
| 2/25/1993 |
BJP rally in New Delhi foiled. |
| 2/25/1993 |
Kranti Renadev, a naxalite under trial in Andhra, freed. |
| 2/25/1995 |
Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed. |
| 2/25/1998 |
Tendulkar's first first-class 204* for Mumbai vs Australia. |
| 2/25/1999 |
The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively. |
| 2/25/2000 |
Justice M. Srinivasan (63), Supreme Court Judge at the Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, died after prolonged illness. |
| 2/25/2000 |
The Supreme Court stays the Madras High Court order discharging the former Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo, Ms. Jayalalitha, from the two TANSI deal cases. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/24/1789 | Jean C Baud, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1834-6), was born |
| 1/2/1967 | University established at Berhampur in Orrisa State. |
| 1/28/1951 | Kashmir issue taken up in UN security council. |
| 9/10/2000 | Marat Safin wins the men's singles in the US open championship. |
| 9/10/2000 | Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born. |
| 11/20/1998 | V. K. Sharma, chairman and managing director of JVG Group of Companies, who allegedly swindled Rs. 600 crores from investors, is arrested in Mumbai. |
| 8/26/1947 | Nawab of Bhopal announced accession of the Bhopal state to the Indian Dominion. |
| 4/16/1853 | The first Railway Train on Indian sub-continent ran over a streach of 21 miles i.e. 35 kms from Bombay to Thane. In the inauguration ceremony, 14 railway carriages carrying about 400 guests left Bori Bunder (presently C.S.T.) at 3.30 pm, amidst the loud applause of a vast multitude and to the salute of 21 guns. |
| 6/29/1864 | Dr. Asutosh Mukherjee, great judge, educationist and lawyer of Bengal, was born at Calcutta. |
| 9/16/1973 | Abasaheb Mujumdar, great musician, died. |
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