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Historical Event on 10/25/1999

Pramod Mahajan, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, says, ""No objection to Bofors discussion.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1936Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), famous English writer and author, died in Burwash, England at 70. He was a young journalist in British India. He wrote in verses, stories, novels childen's stories some of these were ""The Jungle Book, Kim and Just-50 stories"" and was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 for 'Kim' (Indian based story).
9/8/1953Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Premier of Kashmir, was shot at.
12/17/1990N. Janardhan Reddy sworn in as CM of Andhra Pradesh.
1/31/1994Punjab and Haryana High Court orders plastic surgery to remove 'Jebkatri' (pickpocket) tattooed on the forehead of four women by Amritsar Police.
1/10/1912Prodosh Kusum Das Gupta, great artist and professor, was born at Dacca, Bangladesh.
7/8/1954Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, inaugurated world's longest Bhakra-Nangal Dam canal at Punjab.
12/26/1831Hennry Louis Vivian Derozio passed away.
1/10/1993India asks Pakistan to reduce its diplomatic strength by 40.
4/29/1909Tukdoji Maharaj, social reformer, modern Saint and poet, was born at Yavli in Amravati district, Maharashtra.
1/16/1942Jawaharlal Nehru succeeds Gandhi as head of Indian National Congress.