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Historical Event on 9/25/1999

Eighth SAF Games inaugurated in Kathmandu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1998The Konkan Railway running for 760-km is dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This was an extention from Ratnagiri.
3/8/1997G. K. Moopanar unanimously elected first president of Tamil Maanila Congress.
12/25/1919Naushad, famous film music director, was born.
5/13/1956Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore.
3/21/1973Yashwant Ramkrishna Date, great Marathi dictionary creator, passed away.
12/15/1908Swami Ranga Natahananda, was born at Trikkur, Kerala.
12/15/1908Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.
10/15/2000Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand
3/5/1993The government de-reserves the mining industry throwing it open to private sector as well as to foreign investment.
10/6/1969Bruna Coutinho, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Calangute, Goa. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1996.