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Historical Event on 6/25/1996

Sunderlal Bahuguna, noted environmentalist, ends 74-day repentance fast at Rajghat following assurance from PM Deve Gowda.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/27/1901Gandhiji moves resolution on South Africa at Congress.
9/30/1996Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai.
2/25/1976India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children.
6/20/1994Anti-Pakistan slogans rent the air in Jammu & Kashmir against the killing of Quazi Nissar Ahmed, Mirwaiz of South Kashmir and a famous religious Kashmiri leader who was gunned down by Pak-aided terrorists.
3/4/1996Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products.
3/22/1977Janata and its allies gain absolute majority in Lok Sabha.
5/23/1993Channa Reddy,Rajasthan Governor, shifted to Tamil Nadu. Motilal Vohra appointed in UP and B. Satyanarayan Reddy moved to Orissa.
6/24/1966Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die.
6/30/1995CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan.
5/31/1994Pandit Samtaprasad, famous Tabla player, passed away.