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Historical Event on 6/25/1908
Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1947 | On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories. |
| 10/19/1925 | B. Shankaranand, former central minister, was born. |
| 5/20/1677 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Jingi. |
| 4/18/1859 | Tatya Tope (his original name was Ramchandra Raghunath Tope) a leader of Sepoy Mutiny, was captured in April, courtmarshalled and hanged at Sivpuri for 1857 Indian Mutiny. |
| 6/8/1915 | P.C.Kuttikrishnan 'Urub', Malyalam story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 2/19/1891 | Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper. |
| 8/11/1893 | First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra. |
| 1/8/1996 | Maharashtra government clears Enron Dhabol power project at a tariff of Rs. 1.86 per unit. |
| 1/8/1996 | Akbar himself left Agra. |
| 8/6/1993 | Medha Patkar suspends anti-Narmada stir and drops her ''jal samarpan'' threat. |
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