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Historical Event on 5/25/1996
DMK-led coalition ministry headed by R.V. Janakiraman sworn in Pondicherry.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/29/1996 | SC asks All India Indira Congress to modify its name as All Indira Congress (Tiwari). |
| 1/29/1997 | Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'. |
| 7/2/1928 | Nandkishor Bal, great Odia poet, passed away. |
| 4/5/1944 | 221 Advance Base Depots laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks and succeeded in safe evacuation of Ordnance stores to an alternate site. |
| 6/17/1961 | The HF-24 Marut supersonic fighter, designed by German engineer Kurt Tank, makes its maiden flight. |
| 5/2/1921 | Satyajeet Ray, world famous film director and a very short story writer, was born in a family of artistS. In 1989, he was awarded highest honour of France ''Legion d Honeur''. |
| 12/11/1991 | R. G. Sardesai, veteran journalist, died. |
| 9/29/1981 | Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore. |
| 12/13/1986 | Smita Patil, famous film actress, passed away. |
| 1/12/1918 | C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous film music director, was born. |
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