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Historical Event on 6/25/1994
Bombay's former underworld don Haji Masthan Mirza passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/11/1893 | Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions, the first ever inter-faith gathering, dramatically enlightening Western opinion to the depth of Hindu philosophy and culture. He spoke for the first time in Chicago. |
| 11/20/1917 | J.C. Bose Research Institute was established in Calcutta. |
| 6/17/1965 | Motilal, famous actor, died. |
| 6/17/1965 | Saint Namdev passed away. |
| 10/16/1945 | Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) established. |
| 1/3/1923 | Madhukar Arnalkar, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 4/15/1992 | Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal. |
| 8/9/1942 | The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'. |
| 5/22/1996 | 11th Lok Sabha's first session begins. |
| 7/19/1974 | Udham Singh's, revolutionary, ashes brought to Delhi from London. |
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