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Historical Event on 5/25/1996

DMK-led coalition ministry headed by R.V. Janakiraman sworn in Pondicherry.

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1/29/1979Tamil Nadu Expess, India's first Jumbo passenger train, was flagged off from New Delhi Railway Station for Madras.
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1/16/1901Mahadeo Govind Ranade, eminent social worker and thinker, passed away.
4/13/1947Diplomatic relations between India and Russia established.
7/25/1987Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) retired from the post of seventh President.
10/2/1957All India Scheduled Caste Federation formally dissolved and a new political party 'Republican Party of India' was formed.