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Historical Event on 8/25/1992

Veerappa Moily, Karnataka minister, stripped of Education portfolio.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/4/1990Sunderlal Patwa (BJP) and D. Ramachandran (DMK) named CM's of Madhya Pradesh and Pondicherry respectively.
2/3/1977Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.
1/8/1908Mary Nadia Wadia (Fearless Nadia), great actress, was born.
9/25/1984Indian Army withdraws from the Golden Temple; repair of Akal Takht complete.
1/19/1960Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away.
10/17/1919The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad.
5/16/1986V. Shantaram, 75, was chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke award.
4/27/1906China, as suzerain of Tibet, has agreed to the terms of a treaty proposed by Britain. According to the treaty, foreign powers may not send representatives to Tibet, receive transportation or mining concessions, or occupy, buy or lease any territory in Tibet without British permission. The British want to prevent the Russians from establishing a protectorate over Tibet, which lies on India's northern border. Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, failed in attempts to communicate with Tibet's ruler, the Dalai Lama. A British military expedition fought its way to the capital at Lhasa and concluded the agreement.
5/23/1996In second phase of elections in Kashmir valley, Anantnag and Baramulla parliamentary constituencies go to the polls.
7/8/1888Fenardish Jyoki Antoniu, Konkani author and journalist, was born.