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Historical Event on 6/25/1992
BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/15/1988 | Dalai Lama agreed for less then independent country to save the cultural heritage of Tibet. |
| 3/24/1990 | Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was withdrawn in toto from the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka. |
| 7/15/1993 | Maninderjit Singh Bitta,Punjab Minister of State for Irrigation, appointed new Youth Cong (I) President. |
| 3/19/1954 | The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea. |
| 10/3/1997 | Devi Lal floats a new party 'Haryana Lok Dal'. |
| 6/14/1996 | CBI grills PV Prabhakar Rao, son of former PM, for his involvement in the Rs. 133 crore NFL urea import scandal. |
| 1/26/1972 | Amar Jawan, a national memorial, established at India Gate, New Dehli. |
| 8/23/2000 | Pronindranath Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, dies of a massive heart attack at the AIIMS, New Delhi. |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
| 6/14/1985 | M.C. Sharma was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 10-12-1985. |
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