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Historical Event on 12/25/1979

Opening day of Fourth Test Cricket, India 8-112 v Pakistan at Kanpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/27/1974President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi.
4/12/1913Gandhiji in Indian Opinion draws attention to new Immigration Bill's failure to fulfil terms of Provisional Settlement of 1911. Kasturba decides to join Passive Resistance struggle.
8/29/1995National Sports Day declared.
6/25/1992BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven.
5/30/1985Earthquake in Srinagar.
10/6/1999Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat defeating her BJP rival Sushma Swaraj by a margin of 56,100 votes.
4/12/1978After several state victories, Congress party-I (for Indira) is recognized as official opposition.
2/2/1970Bertrand Rusell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and chairmain of the Indian League, died at Merioneth, North Wales at the age of 98.
7/12/1996Bail granted to Harshad Mehta, prime accused in the securities scam.
9/14/1820Agri-Horticultural Garden of Calcutta started functioning.