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Historical Event on 11/25/1998

Prof. K. S. Hegde (75), former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University and educationist, dies in New Delhi. He was selected by the Government of India for overseas scholarship for post graduate studies and higher technical training abroad during the pre-independence era.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/12/1721Balaji Bajirao (Nanasaheb Peshwa), third Peshwa, was born.
12/29/1953The States Reorganisation Commission.
8/2/1891Padmashree V. P. Karmarkar (Nanasaheb), famous sculptor, was born.
10/31/1997Autonomous Prasar Bharati with enough muscle to get Government off its back is promised by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Jaipal Reddy, while announcing changes to Prasar Bharati Act in New Delhi.
1/30/1971Indian Airline's Fokker Friendship aircraft in India was hijacked to Lahore.
1/3/1871Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died.
12/27/1936Golden Jublee Session of Indian National Congress, under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, held at Faizpur urging India to strike at British imperialism.
4/1/1969India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore.
1/22/1986Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.
10/4/1953India elected to the UN Trusteeship Council.