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Historical Event on 10/25/1989

P. Baiju, Anand Shetty, Arjun Deviah, Ananda Natarajan set a record for India at the 4x100m relay meet in 40.14s at Islamabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/12/1992The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad.
1/3/1997Government announces setting up of a Central Board for bank frauds.
2/21/1899Suryakant Tripathi `Nirala', famous Hindi poet, was born.
9/10/1980Mangalore University established.
4/27/1705Aurangzeb captured the Fort of Vagingera.
1/18/1997Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins.
1/23/1975Omeo Kumar Das, one of the great patriots of Assam, passed away at the age of 81. He selflessly worked for the tea plantation workers and made efforts to get them better living standards. He translated Gandhiji's autobiography ""My Experiments with Truth"" in Assamese language.
10/17/1859Keshavlal Harshrai Dhruv, researcher and translator, was born.
9/7/1968Benipuri Sharma, famous Hindi novelist, died.
8/1/1882Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.).