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Historical Event on 6/25/1983

India won 'Prudential World Cup' Cricket Championship held in England after defeating West Indies.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1997INS Vikrant, Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier, de-commissioned.
1/16/1681Sambhaji was crowned as the successor of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in a function held at Raigad Fort.
8/21/1988500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale.
6/12/1990Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1D) launched. This is an operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was launched by US Delta launch vehicle, Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA.
12/20/1946Gandhiji completes his month-long sojourn at Srirampur.
1/26/1950India is proclaimed a Sovereign Democratic Republic ceasing to be a British dominion and adopted Indian Constitution which came into force.
1/24/1948Australia all out 674 vs India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*).
5/8/1997Mumbai High Court holds that Christian women can seek divorce on the sole ground of being subjected to cruelty and need not prove infedidelity on the part of their husbands or desertion.
12/9/1942Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, doctor of international fame, died at Kokun village, China.
12/15/1995Rajya Sabha approves extension of President's rule in J & K for a further period of 6 months and also passes Government resolution approving imposition of President's rule in UP.