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Historical Event on 2/25/1962

India Congress Party wins elections.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/13/1990An attempt to hijack a Coimbatore-Bangalore-Madras Indian Airlines flight IC 534 to Sri Lanka.
8/4/1936Indian Government Act was approved by the king.
10/24/1995A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam.
7/4/1897Nanaksingh, famous Punjabi novelist, was born in a Hindu family in village Chak Hamid, Tehsil Dadan Khan, District Jhelum (now in Pakistan).
2/22/1946Curfew imposed till 9 p.m. by the British in Bombay as rioting and looting continued for the second day.
11/2/1967Ministry of Education evolves a National Service Scheme for University students.
5/30/1985Earthquake in Srinagar.
8/29/1991Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service.
12/26/1986Consumer Rights Act was passed.
12/26/1989Keshav Shankar Pillai, international fame cartoonist, painter, writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.