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Historical Event on 11/25/1997

Election Commission de-recognises Janata Party and Congress (Tiwari) as national parties and de-recognises Pattali Makkal Katchi in Tamil Nadu, J & K Panthers Party and J & K People's Conference in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Congress (Socialist) in Kerala and Manipur and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu. Pattali Makkal Katchi will continue to be recognised as State party in Pondicherry.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1950The post of the Governor General of India was abolished.
12/3/1884Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of India, was born in Jeradei village of Bihar.
1/20/1684Treaty between Marathas and Portuguese.
2/28/1988Jaydev, famous music director, passed away.
6/15/1947All-India Congress accepts British plan for partition of India in New Delhi.
4/1/1933Indian Air Force was established at Drigh Road in Karachi (now in Pakistan). Subroto Mukherjee and four other officers were inducted as pilots when the first Indian Air Force Squadron was formed. The first aircraft flight joined the Indian Air Force, at that time it possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers); its aircraft inventory comprised four Westland Wapiti II. A army co-operation biplaned at Drigh Road as the ""A"" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron.
7/22/1925Homi Jehangir Teleyarkhan, social worker, was born.
8/15/1972Postal Index Number (PIN Code) of 6-digits was introduced.
6/26/1997India declares its chemical weapon stockpiles and storage facilities as part of its obligations as signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
6/20/1756A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.