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Historical Event on 5/25/1996

DMK-led coalition ministry headed by R.V. Janakiraman sworn in Pondicherry.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/2000Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy.
7/8/1958Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857.
2/20/1953India opens $ 140 mil. power system modeled after TVA.
8/19/1992K.R.Narayanan elected the ninth Vice President of India.
3/15/1996Kashmiri militants and Central govt. hold talks on ending violence and to initiate the democratic process in J&K.
10/19/1997BSP withdraws support to Kalyan Singh government in UP because of its 'anti-Dalit' policies.
1/1/1879Edward M Forster, English novelist (Howards End, Passage to India), was born.
7/14/1963Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, passed away.
6/2/1984Army takes control in Punjab as 22 people are killed in Sikh struggle for autonomy. The state is declared a restricted area under the Foreigners' Act.
1/8/1973Nanasaheb Parulekar, father of 'Sakal' newspaper, died.