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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 |
| 3/29/1857 | Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny. |
| 9/12/1961 | Nalin Vilochan Sharma, great Hindi critic, died. |
| 1/10/1897 | Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years. |
| 1/8/1927 | The first scheduled London-Delhi flight arrives after 63 hrs. Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare is on board. |
| 4/25/1982 | India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan. |
| 7/30/1992 | The Supreme Court declares that capitation fee in educational institutions is unlawful. |
| 3/19/1996 | Election Commission announces dates of Lok Sabha elections (Apr. 27, May 2, 7 & 21) and Assembly elections in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, West Bengal, Assam & Pondicherry. |
| 12/10/1945 | Aust Services lose third Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts. |
| 5/13/1991 | P. Sudhir Kumar released in exchange for a few Naxals in jail. |
| 4/27/1996 | General Election (11th) of India begins. |
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