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Historical Event on 10/25/1951
First General Election of India begins.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/13/1796 | The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India. |
| 5/11/1999 | Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19. |
| 12/23/1964 | India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed. |
| 8/11/1893 | First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra. |
| 8/3/1996 | Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years. |
| 2/25/1962 | India Congress Party wins elections. |
| 9/21/1992 | Tarachand Barjatya, film producer, passed away. |
| 5/1/1908 | Praful Chaki committed suicide after he threw a bomb on Judge Kingsford of Mujaffarpur, killing two inocent women. |
| 1/16/1938 | Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, passed away. |
| 10/1/1993 | The IAF joined in peace keeping duties in Somalia as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations. |
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