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Historical Event on 12/25/1997

India-Sri Lanka one-day cricket match at Indore abandoned after three overs owing to a bad state of the pitch, which was a rare occurance.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/3/1998Pramod Mahajan, senior BJP functionary, is appointed Political Advisor to Prime Minister ""in the rank and status of Cabinet Minister in the PMO"".
2/26/1971Noel David, Hyderabad off-spinner who played ODI in 1997, was born.
12/10/1870Jadhunath Sarkar, history researcher, was born.
10/19/1974T. S. Rajamanikkam Pillai, famous Tamil stage artist, died.
12/10/1952World's first official Family Planning programme launched in India.
8/8/1942'Britishers Quit India', this resolution was announced in public at Bombay Congress Session. This resolution was passed by All Indian National Congress Committee and Gandhiji gave the 'Do or Die' call for Independence struggle.
4/23/1955Political Committee of Asian-African Conference at Bandung adopted an Indian resolution calling for a ban on atomic weapons.
5/12/1987Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat.
7/29/1980India won Gold Medal in Hockey at Moscow Olympics.
2/4/1924Mahatma Gandhi released from prison unconditionally at Bombay.