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Historical Event on 5/25/1999
India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/6/1991 | Chandrasekhar resigns as PM. |
| 10/26/1890 | Martyr Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was born at Allahabad. He was also the editor of revolutionary weekly 'Pratap'. |
| 2/11/1993 | Naik sacks six ministers in Maharashtra. |
| 4/12/1992 | M. Basavapunniah (77),Communist leader, passed away. |
| 4/2/1992 | Agajan Baig (Aga), famous Hindi film actor, passed away. |
| 11/13/1970 | Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed. |
| 7/1/1984 | Ravishankar Maharaj, freedom fighter and national leader of the country, died at the age of 101. |
| 4/1/1936 | Orissa state was formed as a province of British India separating from Bihar. |
| 9/15/1860 | M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too. |
| 5/6/1952 | Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education. |
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