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Historical Event on 10/25/1964

First indigenous tank was manufactured in Awdi factory and was named 'Vijayant'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/1999Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion.
8/12/1979Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people.
9/2/1992Shripad Deshpande, senior journalist, passed away.
11/11/1998India objects to Washington's discrimination in easing sanctions against New Delhi and Islamabad, clamped in the wake of the nuclear tests by the two countries.
2/1/1994PM Rao attends the World Economic Forum meeting at Davos, Switzerland.
3/1/1919Mahatma Gandhi announced his desire to start 'Satyagraha' against proposed Rowlatt Act meant to curb civil and political liberties.
6/22/1935Vaman Viswanath Kumar, cricketer (useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests), was born in Madras.
7/2/1999Medha Patkar of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) planned a 'fast' to protest against the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP).
8/6/1991Ramakrishna Hegde disqualified as MLA.
12/11/1996T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner.