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Historical Event on 2/25/1999

The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/8/1992Assets of 31 persons including Harshad Mehta attached.
10/2/1979Operation (Milk) Flood-II launched.
8/2/1987Vishwanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess championship.
7/24/1992Universal Poetry Foundation' was established at Pune.
4/1/1994Five ministers resign from the Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa.
4/1/1962Maharashtra State Finance Corporation started its operations.
9/7/1999India rejects Pakistan demand for a East Timor type of referendum in Kashmir.
5/17/1927A.N. Radhakrishnan, great educationist, was born.
5/9/1995Abha Gandhi, servant to Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. He was 68 years.
3/20/1904Charles Freer Andrews came to India as a Christian Missionary and joined the staff of St. Stephen's College in Delhi.