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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 |
| 7/25/1995 | India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95). |
| 7/29/1802 | Agreement between Gaikwad of Baroda and Britishers about the army. |
| 6/12/1976 | Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, died at Varanasi. |
| 9/30/1943 | Ramanand Chattopadhyay, famous author and journalist, died. |
| 10/26/1981 | Dattatrey Ramchandra Bendre, Gyanpeet awardee and Kannad poet, died. |
| 1/11/1859 | Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born. |
| 8/14/1896 | Gandhiji published ""The Green Pamphlet"" at Rajkot and then toured to Bombay, Madras, Poona and Calcutta educating Indians in regard to grievances of South African Indians. |
| 10/26/1930 | Gulal Bai Parekar, a14-year-old girl led a 13-girls team to hoist the national flag at Esplanade Park. A police sargeant tried to snach the flag and then kidnapped her. |
| 5/10/1927 | Nayantara Sahgal, famous writer and social reformer, was born. |
| 10/12/1911 | Vijay Madhavji Merchant Thackersey, cricketer (all-time great Indian batsman), was born in Bombay. |
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