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Historical Event on 11/25/1998
Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/12/1993 | Indian ship MV Vishva-Mohini sinks off Spain, 33 killed. |
| 7/12/1960 | Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar. |
| 6/1/1890 | Sri Seeripi Anjaneyulu, journalist, social reformer and educationist, was born at Dharmavaram, Anantapur. |
| 12/23/1930 | The British governor of Punjab was wounded in an assassination attempt. |
| 5/16/1960 | International Telex Service between India and U.K. started. |
| 9/6/1905 | Satyacharan Chaterjee, great Indian Geologist, was born. |
| 2/20/1846 | Duleep Singh was recognised as the ruler. British captured Lahore. |
| 12/1/1932 | A round-table conference on India fails to reach an agreement at London. |
| 8/15/1992 | Karnataka seeks army help to nab sandal wood smuggler Veerappan. |
| 4/24/1942 | Shri Dinanath Mangeshkar, famous Marathi singer, nationalist, musician and actor, passed away at the age of 41. |
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