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Historical Event on 1/25/1856
Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/9/2000 | The CBI-designated court frames charges against Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in the disproportionate assets case. |
| 2/23/1998 | BJP leader Ranjit Yadav was shot dead in Sahibganj district. |
| 6/27/1998 | Mr. Nikhil Chakravartty, journalist and chairman of Prasar Bharati, dies in New Delhi at 84. |
| 1/15/1998 | Gulzari Lal Nanda, Gandhian freedom fighter and twice acting Prime Minister in 1964 and 1966, died in Ahmedabad at the age of 100 years. |
| 11/6/1904 | Hariharnath Shastri, worker's leader, was born. |
| 11/8/1927 | Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan). |
| 7/23/1856 | Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, scholar, mathematician, philosopher, militant nationalist Indian leader and who helped lay the foundation for India's independence, was born at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. |
| 1/15/1966 | The Indian Air Force achieved equal status with the Army and possessed in excess of 70,000 personnel and was nearing its 45-squadron goal. Its composition in the autumn of 1968 included 23 fighter category squadrons, three tactical bomber squadrons, a maritime patrol squadron (with ex-Air India L. 1049G Super Constellations), 11 transport squadrons, four AOP squadrons, a number of helicopter units and a few SAM squadrons. |
| 3/31/1867 | Prarthana Samaj was established by Ranade, Bhandarkar and others at Mumbai in 1864. |
| 12/7/1993 | BJP leaders Advani, Joshi and Kalyan Singh arrested in connection with Ayodhya demolition case. |
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