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Historical Event on 6/25/1992

BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/27/1992India signs Friendship Treaty with Ukraine.
2/17/1997Notorious criminal Charles Sobhraj released from jail after 20 years, and re-arrested soon after release under Foreigners' Regional Registration Act.
6/6/1999Paes-Bhupathi bagged their maiden Grand Slam doubles crown, defeating Goran Ivanisevic and Jeff Tarango in the final.
5/22/199611th Lok Sabha's first session begins.
3/10/1998B. B. Lyngdoh of the United Democratic Party is sworn in Chief Minister of Meghalaya. The 12-day-old Congress(I) Ministry resigned following the failure of the party nominee to be elected as Speaker.
12/20/1978Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment.
3/15/1920Ranganandhan Francis, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born.
8/6/1965Indian troops invade Pakistan.
12/27/1797Mirza Ghalib, great urdu poet and writer, was born at Agra.
5/14/1956Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957.