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Historical Event on 8/25/1965
Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1988-89), was born in Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/26/1820 | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal. |
| 5/12/1993 | Lok Sabha okays extension of President's rule in the former BJP-ruled states. |
| 11/28/1993 | JRD Tata, 89, passed away in Geneva. |
| 10/5/1676 | East India company got authority from the King of England to mint Indian currencies 'Rupee and Paise' coins in Bombay. |
| 2/23/1768 | Nizam accepted British supremacy and Smith Col. signed peace treaty with the Nizam. |
| 1/30/1911 | Gajananrao Joshi, famous violin player and singer of ""Gwalior Gharana"", was born. |
| 3/3/1997 | Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, arrives in New Delhi. |
| 2/17/1907 | Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), passed away. |
| 5/6/1971 | India refutes allegations that it has meddled in Pakistan's civil war. |
| 9/28/1993 | Gas pipe below Karakas National Highway exploded claiming 58 lives. |
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