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Historical Event on 12/25/1997

India-Sri Lanka one-day cricket match at Indore abandoned after three overs owing to a bad state of the pitch, which was a rare occurance.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/20/1937England beat Scotland at Murrayfield for the first time for Soccer's Calcutta Cup, International Championship and Triple Crown, UK.
9/29/1993National Human Rights Commission set up.
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11/7/1996Cyclonic storm hits Andhra Pradesh.
8/23/1986B. G. Deshmukh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27th March, 1989.
8/10/1758Marathas won the Atak.
4/6/1992Nagpur edition of Marathi newspaper 'Loksatta' was started.
2/25/1844Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, was born.
7/28/1999Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray is banned from voting and contesting in any election for six years from December 11, 1995 on the recommendations of the Election Commission.
12/7/2000A five-member ULFA group guns down 26 non-Assamese people, mostly Hindi and Bengali-speaking, at Sonpura near Arunachal Pradesh Border in Upper Assam.