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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
9/18/1992M. Hidayatullah, former Vice President and Chief Justice, died. He was 87.
2/1/2000The Centre decides to place almost all items under the automatic approval route for foreign direct investment and NRI and OCB investments.
4/2/1997A division bench of Mumbai High Court holds that a married woman of a joint Hindu family can stake a claim to her father's property.
11/21/1971Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh.
11/19/1877Jatindranath Benarjee, revolutionary of Indian freedom movement, was born.
3/20/1965Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi.
2/1/1881Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi.
9/5/1979Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma.
8/20/1985Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, a ragi, reluctant politician and Sikh leader, died. He was shot by Sikh extremists at Sherpur.
8/20/1985Firuz Shah captured the throne of Delhi and Sultan Jalal'ud-din Khalji called himself.