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Historical Event on 8/25/1981
Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/7/1993 | Sai Baba escapes attempt on life. Four assailants and two bodyguards were killed. |
| 6/23/1661 | Princess Catherine of Portugal wed King of England Charles II. Portugal gave island of Mumbai to England as present. The British got Bombay as dowry from Portugal. |
| 4/6/1906 | Kaveri Bhaskar Karve, teacher and author, was born at Harnai, Ratnagiri, . |
| 6/25/1975 | President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the declaration of Emergency Rule in India. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi implemented the same very next day. |
| 11/20/1993 | RBI clears two more private banks: The Times Bank Ltd. and the Indus Ind Bank Ltd. |
| 1/18/1999 | The office of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is ransacked allegedly by Shiv Sainiks protesting agains Pakistan team's tour of India. Shiv Sena denies hand in attack. |
| 9/15/1860 | M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too. |
| 12/9/1994 | Gorprasad Ghosh, famous Orriya film actor, director and producer, passed away. |
| 10/26/1991 | Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily newspaper 'Marathwada', died. |
| 12/27/1985 | The Indian National Congress party, led by Rajiv Gandhi, begins its centenary celebrations in Bombay. . |
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