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Historical Event on 8/25/1997
10,000 people residing in low lying areas in Gujarat shifted to safer places following incessant rains for two days. Death toll mounts to 265.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/1/1908 | Amir Elahi, right-hand batsman and right-arm leg-break bowler, born at Multan in Lahore. |
| 5/7/2000 | Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case. |
| 7/21/1977 | K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker. |
| 10/31/2000 | The Income Tax Department 'indicts' five cricketers - Kapil Dev, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Nikhil Chopra and Ajay Sharma - for tax evasion and concealment of income earned through ""dubious sources' |
| 12/12/1992 | Government asks CBI to probe the demolition of the masjid in Ayodhya. |
| 7/29/1748 | Boscawen landed 25 km south of Pondicherry. |
| 4/12/1987 | V. P. Singh resigns as Defence Minister of India, K. C. Pant appointed in his place. |
| 12/7/1995 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2C), third indigenous satellite in the INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This is still in service. It was launched by Ariane launch vehicle at French Guyana. |
| 12/7/1995 | Mughals, under the leadership of Akbar, defeated Hindu ruler Hemu in the second battle of Panipat. |
| 11/18/1901 | V. Shantaram alias Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, famous film maker and actor (Chitrapat Maharashi), was born. |
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