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Historical Event on 4/25/1982

India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/17/1943Indian troops retreat from Rathedaung to Buthidaung in the face of a renewed Japanese offensive on the Arakan front in Burma.
2/2/2000The Government decides to appoint former Chief Justice of India M.N. Venkatachaliah as the Chairman of the National Commission to review the Constitution.
9/22/1970Bandopadhyay Shardendu, modern Bengali poet, died.
2/23/1962The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).
12/6/1993Samrendra Kundu, former foreign state minister and socialist of Orrisa, passed away.
2/23/1994India rebuts Pak charges on Kashmir in the 53-nation UN Commission on Human Rights.
12/12/2000J.H. Patel, (71), senior Janata Dal (U) leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister, died in Bangalore.
11/2/1967Ministry of Education evolves a National Service Scheme for University students.
10/27/2000The Vajpayee Government 'clears' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as the Governors of the new States of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh respectively.
9/1/1913Snehangshu Kanta Acharya, politician, social reformer, lawyer and athelete, was born.