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Historical Event on 6/25/1992

BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/27/1986Congress (I) expels former Union Minister Pranab Kumar Mukherjee from the party for 6 years.
4/5/1987The centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated. (CIVIC).
6/20/1992Carnatic musician Maharajapuram Santhanam died in a car accident in Villupuram in Tamil Nadu.
3/17/1994Wali Mohammad Itto, former Speaker of J&K Assembly shot dead by militants.
3/17/1994Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, fought Babur near Kanwa at Agra and lost the battle and died thereafter. He had vowed not to enter Chittogarh without a victory.
7/6/2000India, Nepal sign agreement to set up a specialist joint unit to counter terrorism and share information about criminals operating along the border.
6/17/1991Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991).
10/1/1992Broadcasting of Zee TV started.
12/11/1971The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.
2/3/1990Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was finally arrested in Chakradharpur forest.