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Historical Event on 10/25/1951

First General Election of India begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/5/1922Gandhiji, following Chauri Chaura (U.P.) tragedy in which 22 police constables and one sub-inspector were burnt to death by a mob, fasts for five days and abandons plan of satyagraha movement.
3/13/1996Wills World Cup Cricket semi final (India vs Sri Lanka) at Calcutta abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. Sri Lanka enters final.
7/27/19987 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir.
4/24/1974Ramdhari Singh alias 'Dinkar', veteran famous Hindi writer and poet, passed away.
1/20/1898Krishnarao Ganeshpant Fulanbrikar (Master Krishnarao), famous singer, actor and music director, was born.
7/9/1999Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.
9/1/1909Father Kamil Bulke was born. He produced a handy English to Hindi dictionary. He did his Ph.D. on 'Ramcharita Manas' and was Head of Hindi Department in Patna University.
11/9/1960Subroto Mukherji, first Air Chief Marshall of Indian Air Force, suddenly died.
1/27/1999P. Krishnamurthy, former Indian wicketkeeper, died in Hyderabad following a cardiac arrest.
12/27/1992The Central government decides to acquire the disputed area in Ayodhya.