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Historical Event on 5/25/1997
Seven Pakistani infiltrators are killed in an encounter with BSF in Ranbir Singh Pora.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/24/2000 | Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran. |
| 6/12/1952 | J&K Assembly decided to terminate hereditary monarchy. |
| 2/2/2000 | The Government decides to appoint former Chief Justice of India M.N. Venkatachaliah as the Chairman of the National Commission to review the Constitution. |
| 3/31/1999 | The PIO card, conferring privileges on persons of Indian origin settled abroad, is formally launched. |
| 4/18/1931 | Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India. |
| 4/2/1926 | The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta. |
| 6/23/1997 | Acharya Tulsi, the founder of Terapanthi sector in Jainism, died. (20-10-98). |
| 10/26/1950 | Tirumalai Echambadi Srinivasan, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1981), was born in Madras. |
| 5/18/1955 | Hindu Marriage Act is amended. |
| 6/30/1931 | June Thorburn, actress (Touch & Go, Children Galore), was born in Kashmir, India. |
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