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Historical Event on 8/25/1996
194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath .
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/20/1873 | Young Men Christian Association of India was established in Calcutta. |
| 6/3/1929 | Chimanbhai Patel, former Chief Minister of Gujarat, was born. |
| 4/3/1999 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation. |
| 2/2/1915 | Khushvant Singh, famous journalist, was born. |
| 7/6/1944 | Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'. |
| 4/3/1994 | S.Bangarappa, former CM, launches his Karnataka Congress Party. |
| 12/15/1965 | Maharastra State Agriculture Industry Development Corporation established. |
| 10/24/1954 | Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died. |
| 8/1/1988 | Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1991. |
| 11/3/1998 | Mamta Banerjee, the TMC leader resigns from Central Coordinating Committee of the BJP and Allies to highlight the issue of spiralling vegetable prices, but Vajpayee refused to accepts the resignation. |
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