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Historical Event on 9/25/1997

India clinches the Red & White Latif Masters International Snooker title in Karachi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1982Asian Games at Delhi concluded.
1/22/1989Madhya Pradesh CM Arjun Singh resigns on Churhat lottery case grounds.
10/17/1906Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33.
6/28/1995Madhya Pradesh in central India is designated a `tiger state' to protect the animal from poachers and settlers.
4/20/1914Gopinath Mahanti, famous Oriya novelist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born.
6/14/1958Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin.
9/4/1987Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.
10/16/1968Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene.
6/28/1928Baburao Sadvelkar, famous painter, was born.
5/13/1953The first Indian Navy air station INS Garuda was commissioned at Venduruthy, the naval base in Cochin.