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Historical Event on 10/25/1997

180mw Lower Periyar Hydroelectric Project in Kerala commissioned after 13 long years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/22/1901Nirmal Kumar Bose was born.
5/19/1956The Indian govt. bans six U.S. and two British films for presenting a 'disparaging' impression of life in Africa, including 'African Queen' and 'Mogambo' at New Delhi.
5/16/1998India rejects China's charges on N-tests.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
10/22/1912Gandhiji accompanied Gokhale on tour of South Africa, Laurenco Marques, Mozambique and Zanzibar. He gave up European dress and milk and restricted himself to diet of fresh and dried fruits.
3/2/1933Anandji, famous music director, was born.
2/19/1993Salseng C. Marak sworn in as the Congress-I CM in Meghalaya.
7/25/2000P.T. Usha,Star Indian athlete, announces retirement from International athletics at a press conference in New Delhi.
11/8/1960Subroto Mukherjee died while having dinner in Tokyo, where he had gone with the Air India International Airlines which made its first inaugural flight to the city of Tokyo, Japan.
8/2/1970Smt. Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, India's first woman ambassador, was deputed at Hungary.