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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
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Babur reached to his capital Agra after winning Bengal. |
| 6/25/1658 |
6th Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb arrested his father Shahjahan and put him in Agra Fort Jail. |
| 6/25/1880 |
Syed Muhammad Zamin Ali, great educationist, poet, editor, professor, writer and founder-member of the Hindustani Academy, was born at Mustafabad village in the Rae Bareli district of U.P. |
| 6/25/1888 |
Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born. |
| 6/25/1900 |
Louis Mountbatten, last British Voiceroy and first Governor General of independent India, was born at England. |
| 6/25/1908 |
Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born. |
| 6/25/1922 |
Satyendranath Datta, famous Bengali poet, passed away. |
| 6/25/1931 |
Vishwanath Pratapsing, former Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 6/25/1932 |
India played their first official test match on the ground of Lords against England. |
| 6/25/1943 |
No. 8 Squadron started functioning absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel, and also issued with a vengeance to achieve operational status. |
| 6/25/1945 |
Lord Vevil talk to the Indian political leaders. |
| 6/25/1975 |
President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the declaration of Emergency Rule in India. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi implemented the same very next day. |
| 6/25/1983 |
India won 'Prudential World Cup' Cricket Championship held in England after defeating West Indies. |
| 6/25/1992 |
BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven. |
| 6/25/1993 |
Mahadevan, SBI MD, sacked in the wake of his role in the securities scam. |
| 6/25/1994 |
Bombay's former underworld don Haji Masthan Mirza passed away. |
| 6/25/1994 |
Dinsha Pirosha Madan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, died. |
| 6/25/1996 |
Sunderlal Bahuguna, noted environmentalist, ends 74-day repentance fast at Rajghat following assurance from PM Deve Gowda. |
| 6/25/1997 |
USA & India sign a new bilateral treaty for the extradition of fugitive offenders. |
| 6/25/1998 |
Sikh high priests exonerate the Akali Dal leader and chief of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Gurcharan Singh Tohra, of charges of violating a ``Hukumnama'' (religious edict) issued by the Akal Takht, which prescribed a complete boycott of the members of the Nirankari missions for their ''blasphemous'' activities. |
| 6/25/1999 |
PSCB emerged men's and women's champions in the inter-institutional table tennis in Gandhidham. |
| 6/25/2000 |
India lifts the Asia Cup sub-junior hockey championship in Kuala Lumpur. |
| 6/25/2000 |
The Government agrees to the bifurcation of the Telecom Ministry. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/16/1936 | Venkataraman Subramanya, cricketer (Indian bowler in nine Tests mid-60's, Leg Break Googly, Right Arm), was born in Bangalore. |
| 3/18/1938 | Shashi Kapoor, famous film producer, director, actor and dramatist, was born in Calcutta. He has made sucessful films like Junoon, Kaliyug, Heat and Dust, etc. |
| 6/24/1969 | Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), passed away. |
| 6/30/1966 | Judge K. Subba Rao became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 11/04/1967. |
| 5/10/1981 | The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay). |
| 12/30/1947 | India informs Pakistan and other dominion representatives that it has decided to refer the Kashmir issue to the Security Council under Article 35 of the United Nations Charter. |
| 2/22/1996 | Madanlal Khurana, Delhi CM, resigns (Hawala scandal). |
| 1/31/1960 | Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s. |
| 7/3/1992 | Avinash Ganesh Mohadikar, journalist and former editor of magzine `Vyapar Udyog', passed away. |
| 2/3/1988 | INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and India joined the maritime nuclear powers. |
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