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Historical Event on 8/25/1959

Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/26/1997India declares its chemical weapon stockpiles and storage facilities as part of its obligations as signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
4/15/1794Moropant Paradkar, great poet of Marathi in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
2/13/1989Aubrey Menen (76), Renowned writer, passed away in Kerala.
11/14/1997Nisha Millet sets national mark in the 100m freestyle in the national aquatics.
12/1/1955Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism.
5/14/1956Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957.
2/22/1978Judge Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 11/07/1985.
11/24/1999The dedication ceremony of Shanmukhananda Hall is put off.
11/3/1929Dr. Hemant Vishnu Inamdar, thesis writer and editor, was born.
12/11/1926Kamala Kant Pandey was born at Varanasi. He was the first Indian agriculture graduate to win the London Exhibition Scholarship. He was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1966. In 1975, he made the discovery of a ""revolutionary technique in plant breeding