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Historical Event on 8/25/1963

Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/6/1891Vanktesh Iyengar Masti, famous Kannad poet, story writer, novelist, playwright and critic, was born.
12/29/1975D.K. Barooah elected Congress President.
6/18/1992Congress (I) chooses Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma as Presidential candidate.
7/17/1976Mudliyar A. Ramaswami, Padmabhushan awardee, politician and industrialist, passed away.
1/14/1995The 5th Pay Commission suggests trimming of bureaucracy.
12/8/1980Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi.
6/12/1897Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll).
1/1/1987United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87).
1/1/1918Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission.
3/6/1971Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain.