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Historical Event on 10/25/1999

Fixed term for Lok Sabha, Assemblies is under study, said President K R Narayanan in his address to a joint session of Parliament.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/1931The second round of a British-Indian conference on the political future of India collapsed in disagreement over demands by Indian nationalists for complete independence. The British government had seemed willing to grant a limited dominion status. But Mahatma Gandhi, who had come to the conference to present the demands of the All-India Nationalist Congress, refused to accept anything less than complete independence. The breakdown of the talks set off a new round of disorders, Gandhi was greeted by rioting in the streets of Bombay between upper-caste Hindu members of the Congress party and ""untouchable"" caste members who had turned against him.
8/20/1993Mother Teresa hospitalized for malaria.
2/1/1894Chitravshastri, Marathi dictionary creator, was born.
3/1/1961The first AN-12B arrived in India. This was added in the force because of the increasing frequency of clashes with Chinese forces on the Sino-lndian Himalayan border and the need that these revealed for yet further increase in airlift capability, together with a requirement for medium helicopters suitable for high-altitude operation, orders were placed in the Soviet Union for eight Antonov An- 12B and 24IL-yushin 11- 14 transport aircraft plus 10 Mi-4 helicopters.
8/19/1994Rupee made fully convertible on current account.
5/15/1958Gift Tax Act was introduced.
4/25/1906Dara Nusserwanji Marshall, librarian and educationist, was born.
12/24/1894The first medical conference was held in Calcutta.
11/30/1999The disinvestment panel headed by G. V. Ramakrishna demits office after the end of its three-year term.
12/13/1955India and the USSR affirm the Panchsheel.