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Historical Event on 4/25/2000

The Supreme Court clears the decks for continuing the trial against AIADMK leader Jayalalitha in the controversial ''TANSI land deal case'' by ''erasing'' the Madras High Court judgment discharging her from the case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1912Rash Behari Ghosh and Sachin Sanyal threw a bomb at Viceroy Lord Hardinge II in Delhi. He had come to Delhi on an elephant for the initiation of the new capital. The Viceroy was injured in the bomb blast.
7/4/1989Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State.
4/26/1995Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne.
12/28/1952Arun Jaitley, son of Maharaj Kishan Jaitley, was born in New Delhi.
1/25/1983Telugu Desam swept to power in Andhra Pradesh.
6/6/1891Vanktesh Iyengar Masti, famous Kannad poet, story writer, novelist, playwright and critic, was born.
12/10/1918Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford.
5/31/1926Probir ""Khokhan"" Sen, cricket wicket-keeper (India in late 40's/early 50's), was born.
6/1/1998The Prasar Bharati Bill is introduced in the Lok Sabha to revive the Prasar Bharati Act, 1990.
3/30/1976Shankar Puroshattam Mulgaonkar 'Raghuvir', famous painter, passed away.