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Historical Event on 2/25/1999
The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/21/1805 | Defitiniv treaty between Anandrao Gaikwad and Britishers. |
| 10/26/1947 | After the tribal column, raping and looting along the way by Pakistani Army continued at Baramulla, 50 kilometres from Srinagar. Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir Hari Singhji, then, signed the instrument of accession with India and the Indian Armed Forces reacted to the Pakistani Army's infiltration. Great acts of personal gallantry and collective bravery were shown in the Kashmir operations. Major Som Nath Sharma was awarded the PVC, India's highest decoration for valour, and Brigadier Usman, commanding the 50th Parachute Brigade, was awarded the MVC. Both the soldiers were awarded posthumously. |
| 3/12/1996 | Last session of the 10th Lok Sabha ends. |
| 8/10/1860 | Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, the great architect of the renaissance of Hindustani music and who played a vital role in giving re-birth to North Indian classical music, was born at Balukeshwar, Maharashtra. |
| 4/14/1990 | Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore. |
| 2/13/1945 | Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 6/9/1752 | French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India. |
| 9/17/1956 | Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established. |
| 10/26/1952 | Pakistan's first Test cricket win vs India. Fazal Mahmood took 12 wkts . |
| 9/4/1999 | Umesh Chandra, Assistant Inspector General of Police, shot dead by the PWG in Hyderabad. |
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