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Historical Event on 8/25/1965
Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/18/1991 | West Bengal opts for assembly poll. |
| 11/3/1933 | Amartya Kumar Sen, economist, was born at Santiniketan (Bangal). |
| 6/21/1991 | P. V. Narasimha Rao was sworn in as the ninth Prime Minister of India. He reimained in this office till May 16, 1996. He formed a 54-member ministry in the 10th Parliament. |
| 3/28/1978 | Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997), was born. |
| 2/19/1994 | IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time. |
| 3/25/1916 | S. M. Pandit, famous painter, was born. |
| 1/14/1998 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916). |
| 6/29/1893 | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, physics, mathematics expert and founder of Indian Statistical Institute, was born at Calcutta. |
| 12/11/1991 | R. G. Sardesai, veteran journalist, died. |
| 7/23/1856 | Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, scholar, mathematician, philosopher, militant nationalist Indian leader and who helped lay the foundation for India's independence, was born at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. |
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