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Historical Event on 9/25/1985

Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/27/1703More than 8,000 people died in a cyclone in England.
7/29/1891Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur and Hindi writer, passed away in Calcutta.
5/14/1976Pakistan and India agree to resume diplomatic ties.
3/31/1990Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1841-1956) (Posthumous).
8/16/1958Pather Panchali' won the top five awards, including feature length motion picture, and got a honorary mention at the Vancouver International Film Festival.
12/10/1913The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India.
6/20/1939Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer - pace bowler for India in the 60s, was born in Bombay
1/21/1969First India built electronic digital computer commissioned.
4/9/1783Tipu Sultan drives out English from Bednoor, India.
1/27/1987P. T. Usha nominated the Asian Athlete of 1986 by the US Sports Academy (USA).