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Historical Event on 2/25/1920

Balraj Madhok was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1954French rule ends in Mahe. De facto power was transferred to the people and the Indian flag hoisted.
10/16/1952Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi.
5/24/1956Gautam Buddha's 2500th birth anniversary was celebrated.
5/5/1903Tirupur Subramaniam Avinashilingam Chettiar, freedom fighter, educationist and politician, was born at Tirupur (Tamil Nadu).
2/26/1858Diwan Maniram and Piali Barua were hanged. (Grandson of Purandara Simha, the last Ahom king of Assam).
11/18/1955Nicolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev, top USSR Soviet leaders, first time came to New Delhi.
2/16/1927Rail service started between India and Nepal.
11/30/2000Jagdev Singh Talwandi, a former Akali Dal leader, was the unanimous choice as the new SGPC president.
1/29/1997Fire engulfs most of the three top floors of the Express Towers, skyrise building owned by Indian Express group in Mumbai.
5/17/1980V. S. Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for continuous 33 hrs.