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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 |
| 2/1/1990 | Governors named for 14 states. |
| 5/13/1971 | General Insurance nationalized. |
| 6/17/1887 | Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader and Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, was born. |
| 12/23/1964 | India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed. |
| 4/12/1801 | William Carey fort was appointed the Professor of Bengali Language in fort at William College, Calcutta. |
| 9/11/1954 | Ram Naresh, editor and Hindi author, was born. |
| 3/29/1849 | Maharaj Dulip Singh left the throne of Punjab that once belonged to his late father Ranjit Singh and was then occupied by the East India Company. The Britishers had captured it after defeating the Sikh Army at Amritsar. |
| 9/14/1803 | Lord Lake was captured Delhi. |
| 5/27/1999 | IAF loses two fighter aircrafts in the Kargil area. Pakistan claims it has Flight Lieutenant Nachiketa in its custody. |
| 12/11/1967 | 6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed. |
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