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Historical Event on 4/25/1982

India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/13/1861Colonel Bernard Irwin attacks & defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians.
3/18/1972First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi.
6/4/1997Defence Ministry denies Washington Post's report that India has deployed Prithvi missile on Punjab border with Pakistan.
4/22/1812Dalhousie, governor general of India, was born.
11/9/1924Pandit C. R. Vyas, veteran singer, was born.
7/7/1997Armed Kuki militants shot dead 25 persons and injured five seriously in an attack on Paites village in Manipur.
6/20/1869Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great industrialist, social reformer, patriot and founder of Kirloskar Industry, was born at Belgaum.
4/20/1930The Viceroy imposes an ordinance for the suppression of terrorism, following a series of attacks.
8/20/1997Lata Mangeshkar receives the Fifth Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award from the President.
8/20/1997Mughal conqueror Babur Shah (1483-1530) defeats Ibrahim Lodi II, the Lodi Sultan of Delhi, and captures Delhi and the Koh-i-noor diamond, in the First Battle of Panipat. He founded the Mughal dynasty in India (1526-1761), consolidated by his grandson Akbar.