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Historical Event on 9/25/1985

Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/10/1698East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time.
2/27/1993Rupee made fully convertible in Man Mohan Singh's third successive budget.
7/28/1997Calling and holding of bandhs by political parties and other associations or organisations declared 'Illegal and unconstitutional' by a Full Bench of the Kerala High Court.
9/21/1997Mahesh Bhupathi wins a cliff-hanger as India clinches Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against Chile 3-2 in Delhi.
3/10/2000Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999.
10/2/1996Mother Teresa made honorary US citizen.
10/2/1996Akbar removed 'Jeziya' or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects.
7/9/1938Sanjeev Kumar, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
11/18/1727Maharaja Jai Singh-II of Amber laid the stone of Jaipur City. Vidyadhar Chakravarty of Bengal was the architect of the first planned city in India.
1/30/1971Indian Airline's Fokker Friendship aircraft in India was hijacked to Lahore.