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Historical Event on 8/25/1990
GOI announces formation of National Security Council headed by the Prime Minister.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/11/1967 | 6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed. |
| 11/24/1899 | Pandit Hiralal Shastri, great social worker, leader and first chief minister of Rajasthan state, was born at Jobner, Jaipur District. |
| 6/23/1984 | An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid. |
| 3/15/1969 | Indian Navy's first Helicopter Squadron was commissioned in Goa. |
| 8/18/1995 | Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement. |
| 8/8/1942 | 'Britishers Quit India', this resolution was announced in public at Bombay Congress Session. This resolution was passed by All Indian National Congress Committee and Gandhiji gave the 'Do or Die' call for Independence struggle. |
| 6/18/1633 | Revairu Diogu, dictionary creator of Konkani language and Jezoet Priest, died. |
| 10/31/1843 | Tarkanath Gangopadhyay, first realistic social novelist of Bengal, was born. |
| 2/13/1993 | School collapses killing 21 pupils and 4 teachers. |
| 1/1/1979 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Child"". |
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