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Historical Event on 9/25/1999

Eighth SAF Games inaugurated in Kathmandu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1999P. Gopi Chand (A.P.) and Aparna Popat (Karnataka) won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National badminton championship in Delhi.
2/8/1921Chamber prince of a Royal Proclamation was inaugurated.
2/2/1814Calcutta Museum was established. It was a part of the Asiatic Society at a suggestion of a Danish surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, who was its first Director also.
10/15/1996Dengue fever in Delhi takes 156 lives.
3/17/1982President's rule in Kerala.
10/15/1921Gul Muhammad, cricketer (Indian & Pakistani batsman), was born in Lahore.
6/8/1897Manindranath Basu, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born.
5/27/1998Minoo Masani, 92, co-founder of the Swatantra Party, passed away in Mumbai after a brief illness.
12/10/1932The Indian Military Academy (IMA) was formally inaugurated by Field Marshal Sir Philip W Chetwode, Bt, GOB, KCMG, GCSI, DSO and was christened as ""The Pioneers"". The crowning event was delivered in the hall, now named after him, and in the address to the trainees, he enunciated three principles: 'the safety, honour, and welfare of your country comes first, always and everytime', which were to guide the future officers of the Indian Army . A passage from this address has come to acquire immortality and has been adopted as the credo of the Acad
4/14/1990L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as CM of Goa.