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Historical Event on 8/25/1917

The first significant step towards the Indianization of the Army was initiated when seven selected Indians, serving in the Army, were granted King's Commission in the Infantry and the Cavalry. Before the World War ended, two more Indians, who previously held temporary commissions, were granted King's Commission.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/17/1782Salby Teaty was singed between Anderson (British) and Scindia for the Maratha and East India Company.
11/3/1990Manmohan Krishna, famous film actor, passed away.
11/26/1949Constitution of India was adopted
2/28/1997The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11.
4/15/1919British troops kill 400 Indians, who were demonstrating against the British rule at Amritsar for the forced marshall law on Punjab.
4/1/1973India starts a drive to save tigers from extinction.
11/5/1605Accession of Jahangir
7/29/1995Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born.
6/11/1997BSE sensitive index reaches 3927.
12/15/1675Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him.