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Historical Event on 9/25/1990

S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/1739Nadir Shah entered Delhi. He gave the signal to one of his soldiers from Sunheri mosque.
8/21/1972A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction.
7/24/1997Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities.
7/24/1997Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born.
7/20/1993British parliament ratifies the Indo-British extradition treaty.
6/9/1986First AIDS death reported from a private hospital in Mumbai.
4/18/1859Tatya Tope (his original name was Ramchandra Raghunath Tope) a leader of Sepoy Mutiny, was captured in April, courtmarshalled and hanged at Sivpuri for 1857 Indian Mutiny.
1/11/1973Rahul Dravid, cricket batsman, was born in Indore.
8/7/1871Abanindranath Tagore, great modern artist and painter, was born at Jorasanko in Calcutta.
11/8/1948Nathuram Godse confesses to murder of Gandhi but denies conspiracy.