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Historical Event on 11/25/1998

Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/8/1948Nathuram Godse confesses to murder of Gandhi but denies conspiracy.
12/14/1984First MIG 27M aircraft assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. takes off.
7/10/1978'Mahatma Phule Backward Class Development Corporation' (Mahatma Phule Magaswarg Vikas Mahamandal) was established.
5/11/1626Malik Ambar of Ahmednagar's Nijamshahi kingdom, passed away.
11/3/1961Gold Bond scheme was started to boost Indian economy after Indo-China war.
7/24/2000S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad.
8/21/1972A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction.
6/15/1947All-India Congress accepts British plan for partition of India in New Delhi.
2/7/1922Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.
12/31/1965Sivaramakrishan Laxman, right-hand batsman and leg break bowler, was born in Madras.