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Historical Event on 8/25/1999

Former Indian Davis Cup captain Narendra Nath died in Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1989Motilal Vora sworn in as CM of Madhya Pradesh.
12/29/1989Prasar Bharati Bill and Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha.
1/23/1897Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader and freedom fighter, was born at Cuttack. At the age of 23, he was ranked fourth in the I.C.S. Examination in London and fought against the British with his Azad Hind Fauj in the second World War.
11/29/1926Prabhakar Narayan Padhye (Bhau Padhye), great journalist and litterateur, was born.
12/16/1999Bill on Cyber law is introduced in the Lok Sabha.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
7/1/1930Vinodkumar C. Gupta, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
11/12/1954Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper (India 1979), was born in Madras.
7/10/1977The Planning Commission decides to introduce Rolling Plan concept.
5/23/1924Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut.