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Historical Event on 11/25/1956

Lal Bahadur Shastri, Railway Minister, resigns from the office or Railway Minitery, taking moral responsibility for Ayyapan rail disaster thus setting a rare example for politicians.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/19/1907Acharya Hajariprasad Dwivedi was born.
5/18/1973A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'.
8/20/1933Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast.
10/28/1996Goa upset Karnataka to win their first Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever.
1/7/1928Rajindranath, cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India), was born at Amritsar.
10/10/1937Anant Bhave, famous Marathi litterateur and news announcer on Doordarshan, was born.
11/27/1962Britain agreed to supply arms to India.
4/3/1996Union Ministers P. Chidambaram and M. Arunachalam resign over the issue of revival of alliance between Cong (I) and AIADMK.
10/1/1990Supreme Court stays implementation of Mandal Commission recommendations.
2/14/16285th Mughal Emperor Shahjahan was crowned.