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Historical Event on 11/25/1990
Sri Lanka all out at 82, Venkatapathy Raju (I) 6-12 off 17.5 overs.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/15/1982 | Acharya Vinoba Bhave, great freedom fighter and social reformer, died (88 years) in Pawnar Ashram at Wardha near Nagpur, Maharashtra. |
| 3/20/1937 | England beat Scotland at Murrayfield for the first time for Soccer's Calcutta Cup, International Championship and Triple Crown, UK. |
| 6/30/1834 | Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). |
| 4/27/1705 | Aurangzeb captured the Fort of Vagingera. |
| 10/2/1972 | Broadcasting of Mumabi Doordarshan started. |
| 8/9/1942 | The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'. |
| 10/1/1995 | Aditya Birla, famous industrialist, died. |
| 10/28/1998 | The 1997 B.C. Roy National Award was presented to 18 medical experts. |
| 8/14/1947 | Pakistan was partitioned from India. Gandhiji hailed the following day as one of rejoicing for deliverance from British bondage. |
| 9/18/1967 | English was adopted the official language of Nagaland . |
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