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Historical Event on 11/25/1890

Radheshyam, famous stage, film actor and director, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1919Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi drama writer, comedy writer and poet, passed away.
8/15/1947Paramveer Chakra, Mahaveer Chakra, Veer Chakra instituted as 'Awards for Gallantry'.
11/22/1989General Election ( 9th) of India begins for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 5 states.
8/2/1885Poet Siyaram Saran Gupt, brother of national poet Maithilysharan Gupt, was born.
3/31/1977N. K. Mukarji was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1980.
1/1/1973Indian General Insurance Corporation nationalised.
7/31/1948State Transport Corporation was established in Calcutta.
1/6/1664Chhatrapati Shivaji attacked on Surat.
12/11/1971The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.
8/27/1990The Cabinet Committee on political affairs decides to put a proposal before the Parliament providing five to ten per cent of Central Government jobs reserved for economically weaker sections.