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Historical Event on 11/25/1997

Election Commission de-recognises Janata Party and Congress (Tiwari) as national parties and de-recognises Pattali Makkal Katchi in Tamil Nadu, J & K Panthers Party and J & K People's Conference in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Congress (Socialist) in Kerala and Manipur and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu. Pattali Makkal Katchi will continue to be recognised as State party in Pondicherry.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/9/1992Publication of daily newspaper `Lokpatra' started from Nanded.
12/23/1977Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born.
5/14/1994LTTE banned for the second time under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
12/1/1991Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara.
3/23/1910Dr. Ram Manohar Hiralal Lohia also known as ""Dauntless Dr. Lohia"", freedom fighter and socialist leader, was born at Akbarpur, district Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. He had founded Praja Socialist Party in 1952.
9/23/1862Sriniwas Shastri, great patriot and veteran politician, was born.
5/6/1952Dr. Rajendra Prasad re-elected the President of India ""Rashtrapati"" after the first Presidential election held under the Indian constitution.
3/21/1997Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.
9/22/1891Gangopadhyay Taraknath, famous novelist in Bengal, passed away.