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Historical Event on 2/25/1938

Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay.

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1/10/1888Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura.
4/23/1929The Fate of the Outlaw', a 7-reel film produced by Majestic Film Co. was prohibited by the Board of Censors, Bombay, on April 23 on the grounds that the film glorifieds crime.
6/1/1959N.G. Ranga resigned from the Indian National Congress and took up the leadership of the newly formed Swatantra Party.
1/12/1863Swami Vivekananda (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta)(1863-1902), dynamic renaissance missionary to West, catalyst of Hindu revival in India and social reformer, was born at Calcutta.
9/24/1947Pakistani raiders invade Kashmir.
11/11/1979President N. Sanjiva Reddy declares the opening of the first International Trade Fair of India.
8/7/1988N. T. Ramarao elected chairman and V.P. Singh the convenor of the National Front.
3/16/1902A. Appadorai, educationist and author, was born at Angadipuram, Kerala.
9/15/1948The India flag carrying vessel reached Bombay Port.
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