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Historical Event on 9/25/1993
Soli Sorabji, 63, nominated as Prosecutor of the International War Crimes Court by UN Secretary General.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/2/1996 | General Election 2nd phase begins in 204 LS and 223 Assembly constituencies spread over 17 States & union territories. |
| 7/15/1993 | Maninderjit Singh Bitta,Punjab Minister of State for Irrigation, appointed new Youth Cong (I) President. |
| 9/24/1947 | Pakistani raiders invade Kashmir. |
| 4/14/1941 | Julie Christie, actress (Dr Zhivago), was born in Assam, India. |
| 8/17/1761 | William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people. |
| 5/23/1984 | Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat. |
| 3/9/1990 | Darbara Singh, former Punjab Chief Minister, died. |
| 4/30/1947 | The entire nation is stirred by religious strife. |
| 9/6/1995 | Salil Chaudhary, famous music director in Hindi film industry, passed away. |
| 8/25/1997 | 10,000 people residing in low lying areas in Gujarat shifted to safer places following incessant rains for two days. Death toll mounts to 265. |
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