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Historical Event on 2/25/1910

Dalai Lama, Tibeten monk, flees from Chinese troops and takes refuge in India.

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11/14/1967Kanakaiya Nayudu Colonel Cottari , cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), passed away at Indore.
2/21/1894Dr. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, famous scientist, was born at Bhera, Punjab.
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10/27/2000The Vajpayee Government 'clears' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as the Governors of the new States of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh respectively.
11/9/1999BJP asks Kalyan Singh to step down, chooses Ram Prakash Gupta as his successor.
2/15/1967Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins.
1/31/1997Merger of SCICI and ICICI confirmed with effect from 1/4/1996.