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Historical Event on 8/25/1994

Ramdas Nayak, President of BJP Mumbai and former MLA was assassinated at Chembur, Mumbai. He was 52.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/17/1839Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born.
2/18/2000Pandit Ravi Shankar is selected for this year's Subbarami Reddy Kalapeetham Foundation Award, a life-time achievement award, for his contribution to Indian music.
10/10/2000The world's first elected woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike died of heart attack in Colombo.
6/30/1930George Fernandes, worker's leader and politician, was born.
4/1/1969India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore.
4/1/1969Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan) in the battle of Machiwara.
12/28/1952Arun Jaitley, son of Maharaj Kishan Jaitley, was born in New Delhi.
2/13/1994Dr. Krishnaprasad Mishra, 'Sahitya Academy Award' winner, Oria novelist and short story writer, passed away.
3/17/1987Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak.
9/18/2000President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee.