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Historical Event on 2/25/1999
The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/5/2000 | Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'. |
| 3/11/1903 | Shrinagesh M. M, former General, was born. |
| 7/13/1929 | Jatindranath Das started fast strike. |
| 1/12/1708 | Shahu was crowned as the Maratha ruler. Shahu, son of Sambhaji, entered Satara and released Aurangzeb's son Azam the previous year. |
| 2/1/1855 | East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened. |
| 6/19/1981 | APPLE, India's first experimental geo-stationary telecommunication satellite having experimental communication satellite, successfully launched by European Ariane, Kourou, French Guiana. This is the first to be stabilized on 3 axes. |
| 6/23/1894 | Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born. |
| 3/21/1997 | Geet Sethi regains Gold Flake Open billiards in Chennai. |
| 12/27/1936 | Golden Jublee Session of Indian National Congress, under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, held at Faizpur urging India to strike at British imperialism. |
| 7/14/1999 | Arvind Dave is appointed Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. |
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