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Historical Event on 9/25/1990
Prafull Chandra Sen, former Chief Minister of West Bengal and Gandhian leader, died in Calcutta. He was 94 years old.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/14/1914 | Ekanath Dattatreya Kulkarni, educationist and writer, was born at Bhaloni, Tal Pandharpur. |
| 1/18/1968 | The Resolution on Official Languages was passed by both the houses of the Parliament wherin the need to formulate a more intensive and comprehensive programme for the progressive use of Hindi for Official purposes, preparing annual assessment report for reviewing the progress, formulating a programme for the co-ordinated development of the other languages included in the 8th schedule alongwith Hindi, adopting of a tri-langual formula, making the knowledge of either Hindi or English compulsory for recruitment to the services of the Union, and inclusion of all the languages of the 8th schedule of the Constitution and English as the optional medium for the exams conducted by the union Public Service Commission at the appropriate time, has been stressed. |
| 9/18/1917 | Sher Singh, educationist and politician, was born at Baghpur (Haryana). |
| 6/22/1993 | JPC draft report raps B. Shankaranand and censures Manmohan Singh. |
| 5/1/1987 | The Bofors Deal. |
| 1/26/1931 | Gandhiji was unconditionally released from prison. |
| 1/11/1993 | Communal violence in Bombay and Ahmedabad spreads; By-elections postponed. |
| 8/15/1942 | Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace. |
| 7/4/1922 | Ghulam Ahmed, cricketer (off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Hyderabad. |
| 3/14/1993 | India seeks Interpol's assistance in investigating the sources of bomb blasts in Bombay. |
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