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Historical Event on 12/25/1876
Mohamad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/12/1992 | The 350-tonne Buddha statue salvaged from the Hussain Sagar where it had sunk in 1990. |
| 8/9/1942 | The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'. |
| 10/16/1994 | IRS P-2 successfully placed in orbit. |
| 12/1/1942 | No. 8 Squadron was raised meanwhile, absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel. |
| 11/25/1992 | Mamata Banerjee, Union Minister of State for Sports, resigns to fight Bengal CPM. |
| 10/29/1990 | Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, died. |
| 5/19/1993 | S. W. Sohoni, 4 Tests for India, 83 runs @ 16.6, 2 wkts @ 101, passed away. |
| 3/25/1991 | 1991 census report released; India has 844 million people. |
| 12/25/1861 | Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, freedom fighter and founder of Banaras Hindu University, was born at Allahabad. |
| 10/13/1999 | No change in portfolios of Advani, Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Fernandes. |
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