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Historical Event on 5/25/1999

India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1827Viceroy Lord Rippan (1880-1884) was born
3/28/1997Final phase of repatriation of Chakma and other tribal refugees of the Chittagong Hill Tracts from Tripura begins.
12/17/1999Pramod Mahajan, Parliamentary Affairs Minister, announces that Women's Bill will be introduced in the Lok Sabha.
6/28/1996India opens its office (based in Gaza city) in the area under the Palestinian Authority.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
2/13/1936Dinsha Wachha, great Industrialist and social worker, passed away at Mumbai.
1/1/1948India raised voice against Pakistani infilatration in the country. A complaint was lodged in the Security Council of United Nation on Kashmir invasion.
1/1/1879Edward M Forster, English novelist (Howards End, Passage to India), was born.
12/25/1926Dharmavir Bharti, journalist and editor of Dharmyug, was born. His famous books are ""Gunahon Ka Devta"" and ""Suraj Ka Satwa Ghoda"".
12/10/1984Justice Thakkar Commission appointed to enquire into the assassination of Indira Gandhi.