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Events for February 25

25-February-1510	Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans.
25-February-1586	King Birbal, renowned wit and one amongst the 'Navratna' of Emperor Akbar's Court, died in a war with Usuf Jard Kabile.
25-February-1600	Saint Eknath, bhagwatbhakt, passed away.
25-February-1760	Lord Clive left India. His successors as Governors of India were J. Holwell and H. Vansittart from July 1760 to 1765. He was re-posted to India on May 3, 1765.
25-February-1840	Vinayak Konddev Oak, Marathi litteratewur, was born.
25-February-1844	Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, was born.
25-February-1869	Anand Shankar Bapubhai Dhruv, Sanskrit Pandit and editor of monthly magzine 'Vasant' , was born.
25-February-1884	Ravishankar Maharaj, freedom fighter and national leader of the country, was born at Radhu village of Kaira District.
25-February-1886	Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave 'Narmad', social reformer and famous Gujrati litterateur, passed away.
25-February-1894	Meher Baba (1894-1969) of Poona, Indian saint of Persian origin and gifted with psychic powers of prediction, was born. The mystical teachings of this silent sage stressed love, self-inquiry and God consciousness.
25-February-1897	Dr. Amarnath Jha, educationist, was born.
25-February-1897	A. Vedaratnam, freedom fighter, nationalist and leader, was born in an orthodox Saiva Vellala community.
25-February-1903	Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo, chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
25-February-1909	Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months.
25-February-1910	Dalai Lama, Tibeten monk, flees from Chinese troops and takes refuge in India.
25-February-1920	Balraj Madhok was born.
25-February-1923	S. Kumaran, political, social reformer and Trade Union worker, was born in Alleppey, Kerala.
25-February-1927	Balkrishna Buwa Echalkaranjikar, father of `Khyal Gayaki', passed away.
25-February-1938	Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay.
25-February-1962	India Congress Party wins elections.
25-February-1963	Nehru refuses to recognize China-Pakistan border pact in New Delhi.
25-February-1968	Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 16/12/1970.
25-February-1970	Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, passed away.
25-February-1976	India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children.
25-February-1977	Second satellite Earth Station established at Dehradun.
25-February-1982	J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away.
25-February-1987	The Railway Minister announces introduction of 8 superfast trains from April 1.
25-February-1992	Beant Singh sworn in as CM of Punjab.
25-February-1992	Railway budget proposes 20\% hike in upper class passenger fares.
25-February-1993	113 MPs arrested and Murali Manohar Joshi injured in police action.
25-February-1993	BJP rally in New Delhi foiled.
25-February-1993	Kranti Renadev, a naxalite under trial in Andhra, freed.
25-February-1995	Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed.
25-February-1998	Tendulkar's first first-class 204* for Mumbai vs Australia.
25-February-1999	The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively.
25-February-2000	Justice M. Srinivasan (63), Supreme Court Judge at the Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, died after prolonged illness.
25-February-2000	The Supreme Court stays the Madras High Court order discharging the former Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo, Ms. Jayalalitha, from the two TANSI deal cases.