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Historical Event on 6/25/1983
India won 'Prudential World Cup' Cricket Championship held in England after defeating West Indies.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/24/1960 | Dr. Ida Sophie Schruder, founder of famous 'Vellore Hospital', passed away in Kodaikanal. |
1/8/1947 | Rajasthan University established at Jaipur. |
7/31/1916 | Mohanlal Sukhadia, chief minister of Rajasthan and freedom fighter, was born at Jhalawar. |
1/16/1942 | Jawaharlal Nehru succeeds Gandhi as head of Indian National Congress. |
4/21/1992 | UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali visits New Delhi. |
2/19/2000 | 18 people die following a fire on the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail between Dushkeda and Savada stations near Bhusaval, about 433 km from Mumbai. |
2/20/1992 | Pandit Gauri Shankar, famous dance director in Hindi films, passed away. |
6/9/1994 | Yogi Dhirendra Bhramachari, [controversial Flying Swami], hindu saint, died in an air crash near Jammu. He was 70. |
8/2/1858 | British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'. |
9/17/1938 | Dilip Purushottam Chitre, famous Marathi poet, story writer, critic and Sahitya Academy awardee, was born. |
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