February25

Second satellite Earth Station established at Dehradun.

113 MPs arrested and Murali Manohar Joshi injured in police action.

Vinayak Konddev Oak, Marathi litteratewur, was born.

Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, was born.

Anand Shankar Bapubhai Dhruv, Sanskrit Pandit and editor of monthly magzine 'Vasant' , was born.

Ravishankar Maharaj, freedom fighter and national leader of the country, was born at Radhu village of Kaira District.

Meher Baba (1894-1969) of Poona, Indian saint of Persian origin and gifted with psychic powers of prediction, was born. The mystical teachings of this silent sage stressed love, self-inquiry and God consciousness.

Dr. Amarnath Jha, educationist, was born.

A. Vedaratnam, freedom fighter, nationalist and leader, was born in an orthodox Saiva Vellala community.

Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo, chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.

Balraj Madhok was born.

S. Kumaran, political, social reformer and Trade Union worker, was born in Alleppey, Kerala.

Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay.

Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months.

Dalai Lama, Tibeten monk, flees from Chinese troops and takes refuge in India.

India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children.

Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed.

King Birbal, renowned wit and one amongst the 'Navratna' of Emperor Akbar's Court, died in a war with Usuf Jard Kabile.

The Supreme Court stays the Madras High Court order discharging the former Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo, Ms. Jayalalitha, from the two TANSI deal cases.

The Railway Minister announces introduction of 8 superfast trains from April 1.

Railway budget proposes 20\% hike in upper class passenger fares.

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.

Tendulkar's first first-class 204* for Mumbai vs Australia.

Saint Eknath, bhagwatbhakt, passed away.

Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave 'Narmad', social reformer and famous Gujrati litterateur, passed away.

Balkrishna Buwa Echalkaranjikar, father of `Khyal Gayaki', passed away.

Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, passed away.

J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away.

Justice M. Srinivasan (63), Supreme Court Judge at the Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, died after prolonged illness.

Lord Clive left India. His successors as Governors of India were J. Holwell and H. Vansittart from July 1760 to 1765. He was re-posted to India on May 3, 1765.

India Congress Party wins elections.

Nehru refuses to recognize China-Pakistan border pact in New Delhi.

Beant Singh sworn in as CM of Punjab.

BJP rally in New Delhi foiled.