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Historical Event on 1/25/1995

India and South Africa sign three pacts to forge special ties.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/9/1993Lt. Gen. B.C. Joshi to be the next army chief.
10/2/1961Indian Limited Shipping Transport Corporation established.
4/15/1948Purushottamdas Tandon was honoured with the title of 'Rajashri' at a huge rally by Devaraha Baba. He was awarded the Prestigious 'Bharat Ratna' award.
3/30/1993Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
12/3/1971Third Pakistani aggression begins with air attacks on airports in the western sector; emergency declared.
12/3/1971Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398.
3/25/1905Mirza Rasid Ali Baig, famous Indian politician, was born.
8/1/1899Kamala Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, was born.
5/5/1986Controversial Muslim Women Bill passed by Lok Sabha.
12/29/1965First Indian-made tank 'Vijayanta' rolled off the Avadi Heavy Vehicles factory.