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Historical Event on 7/25/2000

P.T. Usha,Star Indian athlete, announces retirement from International athletics at a press conference in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/8/1993India and Spain sign four agreements as the Spanish PM, Felipe Gonzalez, began a two-day visit to New Delhi.
1/6/1818Dominion of Holkar in India are annexed with Rajput states and come under the British protection.
3/14/1997Border Security Force discovers a 34-metre long tunnel in the Ajnala Sub-sector of the Punjab border with Pakistan.
11/20/1998V. K. Sharma, chairman and managing director of JVG Group of Companies, who allegedly swindled Rs. 600 crores from investors, is arrested in Mumbai.
6/13/1996Ramakrishna Hegde, JD leader and former Karnataka CM, expelled from the party for 6 years by JD president Laloo Prasad Yadav for anti-party activities.
9/11/1987Mahadevi Verma, Gyanpith award winner and one of the greatest luminaries of modern Hindi literature, passed away.
3/12/1969Reactor Research Centre established at Kalpakkam. On 18th December 1985, it was renamed as Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research.
11/20/1947Parliament gives Indian government censorship powers over press at New Delhi.
2/28/1987The National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres in February 1987 through exhibitions, lectures, demonstration campaigns etc. (This has now become an annual event).
10/31/1990Religious clashes between Hindus and Muslims leave more than 180 people dead.