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Historical Event on 2/25/1909

Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/2/1984Violence following Indira Gandhi's assassination takes heavy toll.
12/3/1991Lok Sabha question hour telecast at 7.15 a.m for the first time .
9/20/1819Jose Custodio Faria (Joseph Stadio Faria), revolutionary scientist of Goa died.
10/6/1893Meghnad N. Saha, astrophysicist, was born. In 1920, he developed the 'Thermal Ionization Equation', which has remained fundamental in all works on stellar atmospheres. This equation has been widely applied to the interpretation of stellar spectra, which are characteristic of the chemical composition of the light source.
10/10/1906Narayan Rasipuram Krishnaswamy, great Indian writer, was born.
8/18/1997Shanvac-B, India's first genetically engineered vaccine for Hepatitis B was launched.
3/2/1997Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.
2/15/1976The Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (CIAE) was established at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi.
2/7/1985Uday Merchant, cricketer (brother of Vijay, prolific scorer), passed away.
8/14/1968Week-long flood death toll reaches 1,000.