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Historical Event on 5/25/1990
Jag Mohan, J&K Governor, resigns. Girish Chandra Saxena appointed new Governor.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/21/1878 | Mother-Pondicherry, greatest world teacher, was born in Paris. |
| 10/5/1949 | A. K. Pillai, great social reformer and politician, died. |
| 12/27/1985 | The Indian National Congress party, led by Rajiv Gandhi, begins its centenary celebrations in Bombay. . |
| 2/5/1936 | Baba Maharaj Satarkar (Nilkanth Gyaneshwar Gore - Satarkar) was born. |
| 8/23/1995 | First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta. |
| 3/18/1922 | Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause. |
| 11/1/1974 | Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman, cricketer (Indian Test batsman v S Africa 1996 ), was born in Hyderabad. |
| 7/27/1941 | Japanese forces land in Indo-China. |
| 2/14/1901 | King Edward VII open's his first parliament. |
| 5/15/1958 | Gift Tax Act was introduced. |
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