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Historical Event on 2/25/1910

Dalai Lama, Tibeten monk, flees from Chinese troops and takes refuge in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/18/1727Maharaja Jai Singh-II of Amber laid the stone of Jaipur City. Vidyadhar Chakravarty of Bengal was the architect of the first planned city in India.
10/11/1991Meghalaya placed under President's rule.
5/4/1854The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established.
12/4/1796Bajirao became the second Peshwa.
7/19/1938Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, great Indian space scientist and mathematician, was born at Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
1/18/1994India hires the law firm McAuliffe, Kelly and Rafaelli for lobbying in Washington.
10/21/1789Ramshastri Prabhune, justice of Peshwa kingdom, died.
8/8/2000S.Nijalingappa (97), former Karnataka Chief Minister, died at his residence in Chitradurga.
1/25/1988Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR (Posthumous) (1917-1987).
7/1/1852For the first time in Asia, Postal Stamp for the general public was issued by Sindh Province in Karachi.