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Historical Event on 10/25/1951

First General Election of India begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/25/1999PSCB emerged men's and women's champions in the inter-institutional table tennis in Gandhidham.
1/8/1890Ramchandra Varma, renowned editor, was born. He also has the credit in making the Hindi Dictionary.
8/2/1922Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born.
3/17/1920Mujiburr Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh, was born in Tungipara now in Bangladesh.
12/28/2000India, Russia sign their biggest yet defence deal for licensed production of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets worth $3 billion.
5/13/1994Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding award for 1992.
10/30/1928Madhav Vinayak Gothoskar, cricket Test umpire for 14 tests from 1972-84, was born in Mumbai.
10/22/2000The Supreme Court, in a significant order, erases Karnataka High Court judgement discharging former Chief Minister S. Bangarappa and his then private secretary R. Suribabu in a corruption case.
8/10/1948Atomic Energy Commission established.
12/3/1979Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.