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Historical Event on 2/25/1992
Railway budget proposes 20\% hike in upper class passenger fares.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/5/1916 | Indian Women's University was established at Hingne near Poona by Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve with just four students. After 1920, it was renamed as Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Indian Women's University. |
1/29/1939 | Ramkrishna Mission Sanskritik Sansthan (Institute of Culture) was established. |
2/21/1894 | Dr. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, famous scientist, was born at Bhera, Punjab. |
8/9/1911 | Khorshedji Rustomji Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), was born in Bombay. |
8/26/1997 | Commander of Uri sector Brigadier Jasbir Singh Lidder and another senior army officer have a narrow escape as Pakistani troops fire on their cavalcade at Chakori near LOC in J&K. |
9/29/2000 | A special court convicted former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his then cabinet colleague Buta Singh in the JMM MPs' bribery case. Nine others got benefit of doubt. |
11/24/1924 | Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famous political cartoonist, was born. |
1/12/1993 | Police firing at 15 places in Bombay; four foreign militants arrested. |
10/5/1990 | Dr. Rajkumar Varma, famous Hindi journalist and playwright, died. |
10/24/1827 | Viceroy Lord Rippan (1880-1884) was born |
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