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Historical Event on 2/25/1920
Balraj Madhok was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/24/1950 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India. |
| 10/2/1944 | Gandhiji was presented a purse of Rs 110 lakhs (£ 8,25,000) for Kasturba Memorial on his 75th birthday. |
| 1/16/1992 | Prices of steel and iron decontrolled. |
| 8/1/1846 | Dwarkanath Tagore, a Hindu philanthropist, died in London. |
| 3/21/1997 | Jockey Vasant Shinde retires. |
| 7/3/1991 | Rupee devalued again from 10.58 to 10.96\% . |
| 2/22/1873 | Sir Muhammad Ekbal, writer of song 'Sare Jahanse Achha', was born. |
| 8/16/2000 | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, goes into a coma after multiple organ failure. |
| 4/3/1999 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation. |
| 1/9/1998 | Three RJD ministers in the Gujral Cabinet - Mr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Capt. Jai Narayan Nishad and Mrs. Kanti Singh - resign. |
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