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Historical Event on 9/25/1990

Prafull Chandra Sen, former Chief Minister of West Bengal and Gandhian leader, died in Calcutta. He was 94 years old.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/7/1931The Second Round Table conference began in London and lasted till 1st December, 1931. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam. Two committees were set up to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both the committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in the future constitution.
7/12/1980Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha.
5/11/1965The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country.
11/11/1973India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi.
3/25/1989India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation.
7/18/1994Munis Raza, famous educationist and former Chancellor of Delhi University, passed away.
7/18/1994Akbar removed 'Jeziya' or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects.
10/2/1952Community Development Programme started.
4/25/1982India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan.
10/9/2000The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.