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Historical Event on 8/25/1997
10,000 people residing in low lying areas in Gujarat shifted to safer places following incessant rains for two days. Death toll mounts to 265.

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5/12/1923	Meera Mukherjee, great artist, was born.
1/11/1966	Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
1/24/1957	Kagaz Ke Phool, the first Indian black and white cinemascope film, was made.
4/13/1919	Jallianwala Baug massacre. The great Indian tragedy occured in Amritsar which claimed 389 lives and wounded 1,516 activitists fighting for Indian independence. Early in 1919, the Rowlatt Act (Black Act) was passed. This authorized the Government to imprison any person without any trial and conviction in a court of law. This furious act was under the guidence of cruel Brigedier General R. E. H. Dyer and his 50 men troop. Michael O' Dwyer was then the Governor of Punjab who naturally defended the action. This day is observed as Jallianwala Baug Day.
1/28/1846	British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal.
9/8/1972	Vijay Singh Chauhan sets record for decathlon by 7378/7306 points at Munich.
3/3/1997	Senior Officials Meeting of Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) countries begins in Mauritius.
9/25/2000	A Delhi Court dismisses applications of three of the 17 accused seeking dropping of proceedings against them in the sensational Coomar Narain espionage case which hit the headlines and rattled the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1985.
8/1/1996	T. S. R. Subramaniam was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1998.
2/9/1931	A set of six stamps were issued during the inauguration of New Delhi.

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Historical Event on 8/25/1997 10,000 people residing in low lying areas in Gujarat shifted to safer places following incessant rains for two days. Death toll mounts to 265.

Historical Event on 8/25/1997
10,000 people residing in low lying areas in Gujarat shifted to safer places following incessant rains for two days. Death toll mounts to 265.