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Historical Event on 2/25/1938
Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/17/1839 | Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born. |
| 1/21/1952 | Indian National Congress party wins the 1st General Election of India under the ledearship of Jawaharlal Nehru. |
| 3/18/1991 | West Bengal opts for assembly poll. |
| 8/15/1997 | K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta. |
| 11/5/1996 | United Front suffers a setback with one of its constituents, the Madhya Pradesh Vikas party, deciding to walk out and merge with Congress (I). |
| 1/7/1993 | C. Subramaniam, Maharashtra Governor, resigns. |
| 10/17/1998 | Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in. |
| 1/25/1971 | Himachal Pradesh becomes a full-fledged 18th Indian Union state. |
| 4/30/1909 | R. Shankar, politician, journalist and former Chief Minister of Kerala, was born. |
| 12/24/1987 | Dr. M.G.Ramachandran, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, died. He was 70 yrs. He was posthumously awarded the 'Bharat Ratna' by the President of India. (17-1-90). |
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