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Historical Event on 5/25/1999

India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/29/1947Mysore's popular ministry sworn in.
2/8/1872Lord Mayo, Viceroy of India, was assassinated by prisoner Sher Ali during his visit to Andaman Islands.
12/20/1978Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment.
12/10/1978Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace prize.
3/14/1995Chandragupta Chaudhary 'Comred ', senior leader of Bhartiya Communist Party, passed away.
2/28/1997Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presents an action-packed budget for 1997-98.
1/1/1978Samrat (Emperor) Ashoka, Air India's first Jumbo-Jet Boeing 747, after explosion falls into Arabian Sea, killing 213 people. Nobody survived.
9/14/1820Agri-Horticultural Garden of Calcutta started functioning.
7/15/1992Lucknow High Court stays any construction activity near the disputed temple in Ayodhya.
1/15/1993PM asks for judicial probe into Bombay riots, sanctions Rs. 1 crore aid for victims.