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Historical Event on 2/25/1987
The Railway Minister announces introduction of 8 superfast trains from April 1.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/6/1991 | Ramakrishna Hegde disqualified as MLA. |
| 1/31/1998 | D. R. Karthikeyan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/03/98). |
| 5/19/1975 | Farm truck packed with wedding party run over by a train, killing 66 in truck, at 40 miles south of Pune. |
| 3/5/1989 | Baba Prithvisingh, founder of Labour Party, passed away. |
| 7/6/1999 | Sub. Jata Shankar secured 'Silver' medal in 400 Mtr race at the International circuit Athletic Meet held at Trivendrum. |
| 5/1/1995 | SAARC endorses South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and establishes a South Asian Development Fund (SADF) for the economic and technical development of the subcontinent. |
| 5/1/1995 | Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born. |
| 3/16/1832 | Sarfoji Bhosle, King of Tanjawar, passed away. |
| 10/13/1991 | Captain Satish Sharma nominated to contest from Amethi. |
| 5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
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