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Historical Event on 5/25/1965

Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/1995Tarapur nuclear station controls the leakage and soil contamination within the natural background radiation levels.
7/31/1938Khalid Anwer Ansari, social worker, was born.
4/7/1997NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi.
3/1/1993India develops Phased Array Radars critical for its ""Akash"" surface-to-air missile and launches its indigenous main battle tank 'Arjun'.
3/26/1969Romesh Chandra, secretary general of the World Peace Council, receives the Lenin prize
6/18/1988V.P.Singh defeats Congress rival Sunil Shastri in Allahabad Lok Sabha election.
4/8/1923Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week.
2/1/1972International Airports Authority of India established.
10/29/1929Vyankat Chalaiyya Manipalli Narayan Chalaiyya, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
2/22/1996Indian police charge 14 more politicians in corruption scandal that has already led to resignations from the Prime Minister Narasimha Rao's govt.