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Historical Event on 10/25/2000

The BJP Legislature Party in UP elects Rajnath Singh its leader.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/31/1999This Indian Railway, carries more than 11 million passengers in a day, runs on more than 62,000 route kilometers and more than 1,07,000 track kilometers daily. This is the largest Railway System under Single Management.
6/5/1995A three-week long, the first ever Indo-US joint army training exercise begins.
8/6/1920'Shakuntala' made by Oriental Film Mfg. Co. was released.
1/10/1888Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura.
2/16/1962General Election ( 3rd) of India begins.
8/25/199710,000 people residing in low lying areas in Gujarat shifted to safer places following incessant rains for two days. Death toll mounts to 265.
1/3/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers).
7/26/1923Mukeshchandra Mathur, famous playback singer, was born.
9/15/1965President Ayub Khan appeals to the US to use its influence to end Indian-Pakistani hostilities.
5/18/1974Jayaprakash Narayan led a procession against economic conditions in Patna. There was lathi charged and he issued a call for total revolution. He also started the 'Citizens for Democracy' movement.