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Historical Event on 6/25/1888
Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/22/1993 | Gulshen Ahmed, Himachal Governor, resigns in the wake of an official report that he canvassed for his son in Satna. |
| 4/5/1919 | India's first modern shipping company Scindia Steam Navigation's first ship 'Liberty' started its journey. The weight of the ship was 5,940 tonnes. |
| 9/5/1659 | Queen Saibai, wife of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died. |
| 1/14/1946 | Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed. |
| 7/7/1973 | 78 drowned as flash flood sweeped a bus into a river (India). |
| 8/15/1994 | Sukumar Gupta, a socialist, dies. |
| 8/7/1982 | Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture. |
| 12/27/1929 | Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the national flag at the All India National Congress session held in Lahore. They resolved for ""Purna Swaraj"" (complete independence) on the instance of Gandhiji, the Viceroy of India that time was Lord Irwin. |
| 11/18/2000 | Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, said there would be no cuts in Income Tax rates in the next budget, and signalled that the reforms process will continue. |
| 2/8/1993 | India and Spain sign four agreements as the Spanish PM, Felipe Gonzalez, began a two-day visit to New Delhi. |
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