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Historical Event on 8/25/1965

Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/19/1976Indira Gandhi proposes a resumption of ties with Pakistan in New Delhi.
1/30/1971Indian Airline's Fokker Friendship aircraft in India was hijacked to Lahore.
11/5/1907Special commissioner appointed to deal with famine conditions.
7/31/1948State Transport Corporation was established in Calcutta.
6/13/1997At least 60 persons were feared killed and several injured in a fire in Uphaar Grand cinema in South Delhi.
2/25/1999The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively.
4/9/1994C. Rajeshwara Rao, 80, former General Secretary of Communist Party of India, passed away in Hyderabad.
5/2/1985Banarsidas Chaturvedi, famous writer and journalist, passed away.
1/1/1989This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"".
9/15/1912Rusi Karanjia, journalist and publisher, was born.