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25th SEPTEMBER TODAY IN HISTORY - DINVISHESH GHADAMODI

Today in Indian History
Events for September 25

25-September-1524	Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India.
25-September-1857	Lucknow relief by Havelock & Outram begins.
25-September-1899	Narhar Gangadhar Apte, great Hindi writer, was born at Satara.
25-September-1914	Devilal, former deputy Prime Minister of India and leader of farmers, was born.
25-September-1916	Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay, great litterateur, philosopher, social worker and first General Secretary of UP branch, was born at Dhankia village, Rajasthan.
25-September-1919	Rayat Educational Institute (Rayat Shikshan Sanstha) was established.
25-September-1922	Shri Nath Pai, freedom fighter, Barrister and Member of Parliament, was born in Konkan region of Maharashtra.
25-September-1927	Jagmohan Amirchand was born in Hafizabad (now in Pakistan).
25-September-1928	Madhavrao Gadkari, great litterateur and editor, was born.
25-September-1936	Juliet Prowse, actress (Who Killed Teddy Bear) and dancer, was born in Bombay, India.
25-September-1946	Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970).
25-September-1947	Kashmir accedes to Indian Union.
25-September-1954	14 Members of Parliament (MP) form a new party called the Union of Socialist Progress. Acharya Kripalani is the leader.
25-September-1962	Rajiv Ramesh Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler 1986-87), was born in Bombay.
25-September-1984	Indian Army withdraws from the Golden Temple; repair of Akal Takht complete.
25-September-1985	Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections.
25-September-1990	L. K. Advani, BJP President, starts his Somnath Temple, Ayodhya Rath Yathra.
25-September-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.
25-September-1990	Sabyasachi Mukherji, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, aged 63, died in London.
25-September-1990	Prafull Chandra Sen, former Chief Minister of West Bengal and Gandhian leader, died in Calcutta. He was 94 years old.
25-September-1993	Soli Sorabji, 63, nominated as Prosecutor of the International War Crimes Court by UN Secretary General.
25-September-1997	BAI-IBC dispute resolved.
25-September-1997	India clinches the Red & White Latif Masters International Snooker title in Karachi.
25-September-1999	Eighth SAF Games inaugurated in Kathmandu.
25-September-2000	A Delhi Court dismisses applications of three of the 17 accused seeking dropping of proceedings against them in the sensational Coomar Narain espionage case which hit the headlines and rattled the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1985.