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Historical Event on 8/25/1992
Veerappa Moily, Karnataka minister, stripped of Education portfolio.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/23/1996 | Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I). |
5/19/1969 | Cyclone hit Andhra Pradesh claiming 608 lives and rendering 20,000 homeless. |
12/7/1999 | Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK. |
8/2/1877 | Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, was born in Sagar, M.P. |
12/7/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee questions Pakistan's decision to hand over part of occupied Kashmir to China and says the area belongs to India. |
1/16/1973 | Om Prakash Mehra, Air Chief Marshal PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/01/1976. |
5/11/1985 | Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence. |
6/4/1997 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This became inoperable due to power bus anamoly since Oct. 4, 1997. It was launched by European launch vehicle, Ariane from Kourov in French Guyana. |
3/2/2000 | Om Prakash Chautala, Indian National Lok Dal supremo, sworn in the 18th Chief Minister of Haryana. |
7/20/1986 | India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games. |
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