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Historical Event on 8/25/1997

10,000 people residing in low lying areas in Gujarat shifted to safer places following incessant rains for two days. Death toll mounts to 265.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/26/2000Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai.
4/30/1999Jessica Lal, model and TV personality, was murdered in a crowded south Delhi restaurant.
10/30/1928Madhav Vinayak Gothoskar, cricket Test umpire for 14 tests from 1972-84, was born in Mumbai.
6/30/1834Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).
4/17/1990Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people.
7/6/1992R. Janakiraman Committee estimates involvement of Rs. 3543 crore in the security scam.
12/29/1959Durgapur Iron Plant inaugurated.
5/11/1965The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country.
12/23/1969Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi.
1/6/1993India and Bhutan sign agreement on the giant Sankosh hydro-electric project.