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Historical Event on 1/25/1856
Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/25/1856 | Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398. |
| 1/18/1999 | Prof. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate, is selected for Bharat Ratna. |
| 5/27/1994 | Tarktirth Laxmanshastri Joshi, internationally famous omnicient, passed away. |
| 12/23/1990 | All India BMAC and VHP hand over the historical and archaeological documents to support their claim to Home Ministry officials. |
| 10/13/1911 | Sister Nivedita, follower of Vivekanand, died. |
| 3/9/1997 | Bangladesh and Chakma refugee leaders sign a historic agreement for repatriation of the 50,000 refugees sheltered in six camps in Tripura for the past 11 years. |
| 2/20/1950 | Sarat Chandra Bose, freedom fighter, journalist, leader and elder brother of Subhashchandra Bose, passed away. |
| 10/23/1992 | UPSC decides to introduce a new essay paper for the civil services examination. |
| 11/3/1929 | Dr. Hemant Vishnu Inamdar, thesis writer and editor, was born. |
| 3/10/1912 | Anant Ramachandra Joshi, cricket Test Umpire for 12 test from 1948-5, was born in Maharashtra. |
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