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Historical Event on 2/25/1970

Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1993British PM John Major arrives in India on an official visit.
9/19/1995PM leaves for a 5-day visit to the two Central Asian republics of Turkmenistan and Kyrghistan.
12/9/1658Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India.
6/23/1984An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.
12/29/1904K. V. Puttappa, famous Kannada poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Hirekodage.
9/30/1687Aurangzeb acquired the famous Golconda fort near Hyderabad from the Qutub Shahi Sultan Tana Shah due to the treachery of his General Panni.
6/25/1983India won 'Prudential World Cup' Cricket Championship held in England after defeating West Indies.
4/5/1940Charles Freer Andrews, a Christian Missionary, died in Calcutta. He is also referred as ""Deenabandhu Andrews"".
2/16/1982Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away.
3/20/1959For the first time, officials of the Indian government confirmed reports of widespread resistance to the Chinese occupying forces in Tibet. Open warfare erupted in the capital city of Lhasa.