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Historical Event on 6/25/1994
Bombay's former underworld don Haji Masthan Mirza passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/13/1946 | Sarwate and Banerjee add 249 runs for the 10th wkt stand for Indians v Surrey. |
| 12/12/1872 | Balkrishna Shivram Munje, freedom fighting leader and president of Hindu Mahasabha, was born. |
| 4/25/1915 | The German High Command has admitted that chlorine gas bombs and shells were used in the attack on the French front at Ypres three days ago. The effect of the gas attack was to open a four-mile gap in the Allied line. The Canadian troops on one flank held against German attacks, and British and Indian forces filled the breach. Fortunately for the Allies, the Germans had no reserve forces available to push into the breach. No tactical advantage was won by this first use of the new weapon. The Germans promised, however, that ""more effective substances can be expected."" Meanwhile, they were condemned for the use of this novel weapon. |
| 2/24/1674 | Prataprao Gujar, a great Maratha warrior at the time of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died. |
| 4/24/1996 | BSE index reaches 3869.87, a new 18-month high. |
| 9/15/1861 | Dr. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, famous architect, engineer and a diplomat, also a Bharat Ratna awardee, was born at Chickballapur in Mysore (Karnataka) in a poor Brahmin family. |
| 10/4/1997 | J & K Assembly passed the Ladakh Hill Council Bill. |
| 4/2/1992 | Agajan Baig (Aga), famous Hindi film actor, passed away. |
| 2/8/1881 | Faiyaj Khan, famous Indian classical singer, was born. |
| 12/23/1919 | King's proclamation was made that the new reforms of Government of India offer some sort of self government. |
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