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Historical Event on 6/25/1996

Sunderlal Bahuguna, noted environmentalist, ends 74-day repentance fast at Rajghat following assurance from PM Deve Gowda.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/24/1993Vajpayee elected leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha.
4/11/1984Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth which carried 3 cosmonauts including the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma, to Salyut 7.
6/27/1964Teen Murti Bhavan, official residence of the Prime Minister of India, became the Nehru Memorial Museum.
12/21/1911Central Bank of India established.
1/14/1998Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College.
10/12/1860Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, passed away at the age of 73.
6/17/1991Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (1875-1950).
7/26/1994Government rejects JPC report on securities scandal.
7/26/1994Humayun reconquered Delhi after defeating Sher - Shar Alias Sikandar Suri in Machiwara and Sarhind battles. It is said that he won the crown but not the empire.
6/17/1917Krishan Kumar Chopra, medical practitioner and social worker, was born at Lahore.