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Historical Event on 2/25/1920

Balraj Madhok was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1997Madhavrao Scindia, Tariq Anwar, Meira Kumar, Oscar Fernandes and R. R. Dhawan appointed AICC general-secretaries by party president Sitaram Kesri.
7/6/1787Robert founded Indian Botanic Garden near Calcutta by Kyd on 273 acres of land.
1/20/19481. Bomb exploded near Birla House during a prayer meeting of Gandhi. 2. Three member UN Commission for investigation/mediation on Kashmir. 3. K.M. Cariappa succeeded Lieutenant General D. Rissell as the Army Commander, Delhi and East Punjab and was responsible for conducting the operation in Kashmir.
4/13/1972Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, passed away.
1/10/1896Gangadhar Kelkar, founder of famous Raja Kelkar Museum at Pune Dinkar, was born.
7/1/1997Prime Minister inaugurated India's first Science City in Calcutta.
12/28/1931The second round of a British-Indian conference on the political future of India collapsed in disagreement over demands by Indian nationalists for complete independence. The British government had seemed willing to grant a limited dominion status. But Mahatma Gandhi, who had come to the conference to present the demands of the All-India Nationalist Congress, refused to accept anything less than complete independence. The breakdown of the talks set off a new round of disorders, Gandhi was greeted by rioting in the streets of Bombay between upper-caste Hindu members of the Congress party and ""untouchable"" caste members who had turned against him.
12/28/1931Saint Kabir was born.
7/1/1964Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was established.
1/24/1995Congress (I) suspends Arjun Singh from the party.