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Historical Event on 8/25/1919

Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal, former Chief Minister of Bihar and President of Mandal Commission, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1969Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country.
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2/7/1922Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.
7/24/1997Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.
8/8/1967Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha.
4/12/1871Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, editor in modern era and dictionary creator, was born.
5/28/199613-day-old BJP-led minority coalition govt. headed by A.B. Vajpayee quits at the end of a two-day debate on a motion of confidence.
5/28/1992Indo-US naval exercises begin.
7/15/1993JD (A)'s Ajit Singh pegs his group's support to government on PM's appearance before the JPC.
4/8/1919Gandhiji arrested on way to Delhi for refusal to comply with order not to enter Punjab; escorted back to Bombay; outbreaks of violence in several towns.