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Historical Event on 2/25/1977

Second satellite Earth Station established at Dehradun.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1980Sanjay Gandhi, great Indian politician and younger son of Indira Gandhi, died in a plane crash. He was recently appointed as the General Secretary of the AICC (I).
8/14/1998Classical vocalist Shamshad Begum, who enthralled radio listeners in the 30s and 40s, died in Mumbai.
1/30/1903Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta.
8/19/1757The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.
7/26/1910Unrest flares up in the Deccan region of India. Demand grows for self-determination.
4/8/1919Gandhiji arrested on way to Delhi for refusal to comply with order not to enter Punjab; escorted back to Bombay; outbreaks of violence in several towns.
5/14/1993Justice V. Ramaswamy decides to resign.
11/2/190850 years after the start of direct rule, Edward VII talks of 'prudently extending' democracy.
6/28/1995Madhya Pradesh in central India is designated a `tiger state' to protect the animal from poachers and settlers.
1/7/1987Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket. At 28, he was the youngest cricketer to accomplish this feat.