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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 |
| 1/24/1994 | Singapore PM Goh Chok Tong arrives in New Delhi on a state visit. |
| 4/18/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, constitutes a Group of Ministers to review the national security system in its entirety in the light of the recommendations of the Kargil review committee. |
| 2/15/1967 | Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins. |
| 1/8/1965 | Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History. |
| 9/7/1931 | Meena Mangeshkar, famous playback singer, was born. |
| 11/18/1948 | Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna. |
| 2/10/1921 | Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated Kashi Vidya Peeth. |
| 7/15/1969 | Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he was appointed as the Ambassador in Switzerland. |
| 4/22/1998 | India and Bangladesh resolve to work together to ''root out terrorism'', push bilateral trade and harness river waters of the region. |
| 10/15/1899 | Menka (Lady Lila Sokhi), famous Indian dancer, was born. |
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