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Historical Event on 3/25/1898

Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/22/1958Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government.
2/18/1905Indian Home Rule Society was founded at London by Shyamji Krishna Varma.
6/24/1946Gandhiji meets Cabinet Mission.
9/7/1955All India Council of Secondary Education set up by the Government.
12/17/1987Bhopal court orders the Union Carbide to pay Rs. 350 crore as interim relief to 1984 gas victims.
5/29/1979Perminder Singh Sangha, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway.
6/13/1996Govt. extends for another 2 years the ban imposed on LTTE w.e.f. 14/6/1996 under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
7/28/1921The All-India Congress Party votes to boycott a forthcoming visit by the Prince of Wales and urges a boycott of imported cloth.
2/16/1992Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated.
3/4/2000Geeta Mukherjee (76), veteran communist leader, died of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as 'Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980.