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Historical Event on 2/25/2000
Justice M. Srinivasan (63), Supreme Court Judge at the Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, died after prolonged illness.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/3/1992 | Kapil Dev becomes the second highest wicket-taker in Test Cricket when he took his 400th wicket, that of Mark Taylor, in the Perth Test (New Zealand's Richard Hadlee with 431 wickets being the first). |
| 6/6/1916 | Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary. |
| 12/17/1877 | Feroz Shah died at Makka, Saudi. |
| 12/8/1879 | Jatindranath Mukherjee (Jatin Bagha), famous revolutionary, was born in Jessore. |
| 2/1/1988 | The first Congress of the Indian Dental Association begins. (28-1-88). |
| 10/9/1949 | The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General. |
| 9/19/1996 | Suresh Mehta ministry is dismissed, President's rule imposed. |
| 10/31/1984 | Rajiv Gandhi sworn in as Prime Minister of India by Gyani Zail Singh, President of India, at New Delhi. He held this office till December 1, 1989. |
| 5/5/1942 | Henry Albert John Gidney, great leader and politician, died at New Delhi. |
| 6/7/1989 | Sheetal Pandya set up a world record at the age of 5 years. |
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