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25th AUGUST TODAY IN HISTORY

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Events for August 25

25-August-1888	Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, was born.
25-August-1917	The first significant step towards the Indianization of the Army was initiated when seven selected Indians, serving in the Army, were granted King's Commission in the Infantry and the Cavalry. Before the World War ended, two more Indians, who previously held temporary commissions, were granted King's Commission.
25-August-1919	Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal, former Chief Minister of Bihar and President of Mandal Commission, was born.
25-August-1948	Jana Gana Mana to be the provisional National Anthem till Constituent Assembly made a final decision.
25-August-1959	Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China.
25-August-1960	Olympics opened at Rome.
25-August-1963	Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, passed away.
25-August-1965	Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators.
25-August-1965	Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1988-89), was born in Delhi.
25-August-1969	Vivek Upendra Krishna Razdan, cricket pace bowler (Indian Test 1989-90), was born in Delhi.
25-August-1975	Bundelkhand University was established in Uttar Pradesh.
25-August-1981	Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress.
25-August-1990	GOI announces formation of National Security Council headed by the Prime Minister.
25-August-1992	Veerappa Moily, Karnataka minister, stripped of Education portfolio.
25-August-1992	Mi-4 was re-equipped with the mighty Mi-35 Squadron and was renamed as 104-Helicopter Squadron.
25-August-1994	Ramdas Nayak, President of BJP Mumbai and former MLA was assassinated at Chembur, Mumbai. He was 52.
25-August-1996	194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath .
25-August-1997	10,000 people residing in low lying areas in Gujarat shifted to safer places following incessant rains for two days. Death toll mounts to 265.
25-August-1997	Cabinet approved the draft of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) which was to replace the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA).
25-August-1997	Forest outlaw Veerappan seeks more time to decide on his surrender as per the terms of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka government.
25-August-1997	Konkan Railway line in Goa, except for a short stretch between Pernem and Maharashtra border, becomes operational.
25-August-1997	Neelam J. Singh rewrites her own discussion mark in the domestic circuit meet in Chennai.
25-August-1998	Resurgent India Bonds garner more than 4 billion dollars of which 30\% are from the Middle East, 20\% each from South east Asia, US and Europe.
25-August-1999	Former Indian Davis Cup captain Narendra Nath died in Delhi.
25-August-2000	Veerappan seeks release of 121 prisoners, including 51 booked under TADA at the Mysore prison and compensation to victims of STF excesses .