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Historical Event on 2/25/1993
113 MPs arrested and Murali Manohar Joshi injured in police action.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/17/1979 | Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences. |
| 4/13/1940 | Najma Heptulla, Vice President of Rajya Sabha, was born. |
| 1/27/1926 | Arunkumar Vaidya, former General of Indian Army, was born. |
| 1/20/1898 | Krishnarao Ganeshpant Fulanbrikar (Master Krishnarao), famous singer, actor and music director, was born. |
| 5/1/1947 | Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle. |
| 5/1/1947 | Saint Gora Kumbhar, an intense devotee of the deity Vitthal at Pandharpur, took Samadhi in Ter village in Osmanabad Zilla, near Latur. |
| 5/28/1963 | Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India). |
| 8/1/1970 | Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan. |
| 4/13/1989 | Malayalam film 'Piravi' directed by Shaji N. Karun adjudged best feature film of 1988. |
| 2/7/1985 | Uday Merchant, cricketer (brother of Vijay, prolific scorer), passed away. |
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