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Historical Event on 2/25/1999

The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/14/1997Border Security Force discovers a 34-metre long tunnel in the Ajnala Sub-sector of the Punjab border with Pakistan.
3/5/1922Ebrahim Suleman Maka, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests vs West Indies1952), was born at Daman.
1/4/1914Indira Sant, famous Marathi poet, was born.
6/18/1658Aurangzeb managed to capture the Agra Fort and later arrested his father Emperor Shahjahan.
3/4/1990Sunderlal Patwa (BJP) and D. Ramachandran (DMK) named CM's of Madhya Pradesh and Pondicherry respectively.
7/1/1879Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department.
7/1/1879Akbar removed 'Jeziya' or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects.
7/9/1938Sanjeev Kumar, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
1/25/1995India and South Africa sign three pacts to forge special ties.
1/16/1985Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.