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Historical Event on 5/25/1999

The Prime Minister declares the Centre will take all possible steps to push back infiltrators in Kargil.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/26/1933Gandhiji went back to Sabarmati Ashram after his release from jail.
11/25/1998Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways.
6/13/1997At least 60 persons were feared killed and several injured in a fire in Uphaar Grand cinema in South Delhi.
5/25/1999India 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.
1/26/199647th Republic Day celebrated;Chief Guest was Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil.
7/9/199517 Indian mountaineers peaked Jogambha in the Garhwal Himalayas.
12/20/1988The Constitution (62nd Amendment) Bill for reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years receives Parliamentary approval.
1/12/1995Kerala's birthrate drops to 17.5 per 1000.
3/20/1993Kondapally Seetaramaiah, founder of the Peoples War Group of Naxalities in Andhra Pradesh, arrested.
7/20/1903British to increase size of Royal Army in India.