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Historical Event on 2/25/1992
Railway budget proposes 20\% hike in upper class passenger fares.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/17/1930 | Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison. |
| 4/11/1887 | Jamini Roy, famous artist, was born. |
| 12/3/1971 | Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief. |
| 9/29/1993 | National Human Rights Commission set up. |
| 1/25/1880 | Brahmo Samaj of modernisation and fraternity amongst religions Nababidhan Keshab Chandra Sen introduced. |
| 5/13/1949 | Maharashtra Granthalay Sangh was established. |
| 1/1/1992 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Space Year"". |
| 12/20/1998 | Dr. B. V. Raman (86), a reputed astrologer, dies in Bangalore following a cardiac arrest. He was the Editor of The Astrological Magazine. |
| 12/20/1956 | Saint Gadgebaba died. |
| 3/25/1971 | Aashish Rakesh Kapoor, cricketer (Indian off-spin batsman 1994- ), was born in Madras. |
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