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Historical Event on 9/25/1985

Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/29/1979Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
9/29/1999Jaswant Singh, External Affairs Minister, meet his Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz meet at the SAARC ministerial meeting.
3/3/1930Untouchable people fought to enter the temple of 'Kala Rama' at Nasik.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
8/2/1993CEC Seshan postpones all elections including by-elections to December in protest against the government's attempt to subjugate the Commission.
2/26/1976V. S. Khandekar was honoured by Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award for the novel 'Yayati'.
6/6/1999Paes-Bhupathi bagged their maiden Grand Slam doubles crown, defeating Goran Ivanisevic and Jeff Tarango in the final.
2/2/1915Khushvant Singh, famous journalist, was born.
10/5/1997Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)
2/14/1952Smt. Sushma Kaushal Swaraj was born in Ambala Cantt. (Haryana).