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Historical Event on 8/25/2000

Veerappan seeks release of 121 prisoners, including 51 booked under TADA at the Mysore prison and compensation to victims of STF excesses 

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/29/1864Dr. Asutosh Mukherjee, great judge, educationist and lawyer of Bengal, was born at Calcutta.
4/29/1954India accepted Tibet as a part of China.
9/11/1948Indian Government troops enter in the Hyderabad State.
8/2/198432 people died in a bomb explosion at Meenambakkam Airport.
6/17/1994Twelve opposition legislators in Sikkim resign.
7/15/1991Jagannathrao Joshi, veteran leader of Janata Party `Karnataka Kesri', died.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
7/9/1951India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held.
8/12/1928The Olympic Games hosted by Amsterdam fully realized Pierre de Coubertin's vision: 'the nations of the world in friendly competition'. After a succession of Olympics dominated by North America and Western Europe, Amsterdam welcomed more than 3,000 competitors.
8/15/1972Postal Index Number (PIN Code) of 6-digits was introduced.