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Historical Event on 1/25/1856

Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/24/1992Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges.
12/4/1992RBI devalues Rupee by 1.18% against the US dollar. India emerges overall champions with 10 golds; 8 silver and 14 bronzes in the 4th Asian Junior Athletic meet in New Delhi.
5/27/1951Taraporewala Aquarium was inaugurated at Mumbai by President Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
12/24/1999Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off.
4/7/1962Umrigar slams 172* vs WI at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes.
1/16/1896Jaideva Singh, famous musician and educationist, was born Shohratgarh, U.P.
7/13/1999Militants attack the residential complex of Border Security Force (BSF) in Madar village near Bandipur and take 12 persons as hostages after killing four.
12/31/1998Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
11/8/1927Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan).
8/7/1998The Government announces a banking and foreign exchange package for development of the information technology and software industry following the recommendations of the National Task Force.