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Historical Event on 8/25/1948

Jana Gana Mana to be the provisional National Anthem till Constituent Assembly made a final decision.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/17/1985Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India.
9/22/1992Harshad Mehta released after 110 days in jail.
1/23/1809Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Khinda village in the north of Sambalpur at Orissa.
12/12/1976Madanlal Dhingra's ashes were brought to India.
8/15/1979Tukoji Holkar, a leader of Peshwa kingdom, dies.
11/11/1958Inauguration of 'Indian', first one in Indian Explosive Ltd's factory at Gomia.
8/23/1872Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, leader, social reformer and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, was born at Kanuparthi village in Ongole district in Andhra Pradesh.
12/11/1971The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.
1/26/1957Ashok Omprakash Malhotra, cricketer (Indian batsman in 7 Tests 1982-84), was born in Amritsar.
5/3/1764Mir Kasim, with the backing of Delhi Emperor, attacked on Patna but this weak Emperor was defeated by Britishers. Britishers became the rulers of Bengal, the richest province of India.