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Historical Event on 3/25/1898

Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/28/1961Foundation-stone of the first factory of H.M.T. wrist watches laid in Bangalore.
8/16/1932Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.
5/15/1998The Indian Army at Chandilora (Tangmey) captured 15 kg charas, 400 gm dust of charas and 12 kg leaves of charas.
4/11/199710-month-old Deve Gowde govt. at the centre voted out of power. 292 voting against the motion of confidence in Lok Sabha, 158 for it, 6 abstaining.
1/31/1985Under the 52nd Constitutional Amendment, Anti-Defector Bill was passed unanimously in Lok Sabha. This avoided the Representatives of People to switch over political parties.
9/8/1997English chosen as the official language of Dravidian University which was set up at Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh) jointly by the southern states.
1/18/1971Barrister Nath Pai, freedom fighter and member of parliament, passed away at the age of 49.
9/30/1997At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir.
1/2/2000Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, author of timeless classics 'Charitraheen' and 'Grihadaha', chosen novelist of the century in an online poll conducted by a literary magazine.
2/19/1902Pandit Lallu Ram appointed as Hindi Professor at Fort William College, Calcutta.