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Historical Event on 6/25/1900
Louis Mountbatten, last British Voiceroy and first Governor General of independent India, was born at England.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/11/1964 | M C Chagla, Union Minister of Education, turns the first sod for the foundation of the 4 ft tunnel. |
| 4/19/1998 | Jayalalitha, AIADMK leader, demands that all ''tainted leaders'' be dropped by the Vajpayee Government or that Sedapatti R. Muthiah be taken back. |
| 2/11/1818 | Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas. |
| 7/23/1964 | Samrendranath Roy, great statistician, passed away. |
| 3/17/1989 | Daily newspaper 'Sakal' published its edition in South Maharashtra. |
| 8/25/1998 | Resurgent India Bonds garner more than 4 billion dollars of which 30\% are from the Middle East, 20\% each from South east Asia, US and Europe. |
| 2/2/1989 | France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta. |
| 8/21/1988 | 500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale. |
| 1/18/1942 | Gandhiji restarts 'Harijan' and allied weeklies. |
| 2/19/1992 | The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab. |
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